Commentary for Ketubot 180:7

מתקיף לה רב אשי ממאי דלמא לעולם אימא לך אחת בחייו ואחת במותו אין להן כתובת בנין דכרין ומאי קודמין לנחלה קתני

Rav Ashi raised a difficulty: How do we know this? I could say that if one [wife died] while her husband was alive, and the other after his death, [the sons of the former] are not entitled to the benin dikhrin ketubah. And what does “take precedence” mean? It was taught in reference to inheritance?

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