Commentary for Bava Batra 315:1

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נפל הבית עליו ועל אשתו יורשי הבעל אומרים אשה מתה ראשון ואחר כך מת הבעל יורשי אשה אומרים בעל מת ראשון ואחר כך מתה אשה

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF THE HOUSE COLLAPSED UPON A MAN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'upon him'. ');">¹</span> AND HIS WIFE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From whom he had no children. ');">²</span> [AND] THE HEIRS OF THE HUSBAND<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His sons, e.g., that were born from another wife or his father and brothers. ');">³</span> PLEAD [THAT] THE WIFE DIED FIRST<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And her estate was consequently inherited by her husband before he died. ');">⁴</span> AND [THAT] THE HUSBAND DIED AFTERWARDS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, consequently, his heirs are entitled to his estate including all that he inherited From his wife. ');">⁵</span> [WHILE] THE HEIRS OF THE WIFE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her relatives who are not related to her husband. ');">⁶</span>

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