Commentary for Ketubot 93:8

ואינו אוכל פירות בחייה: ת"ר האב אינו אוכל פירות בחיי בתו רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה אומר האב אוכל פירות בחיי בתו במאי קמיפלגי ת"ק סבר בשלמא בעל תקינו ליה רבנן פירי דא"כ מימנע ולא פריק

But he has no usufruct during her lifetime. Our Rabbis taught: A father has no rights to usufruct during the lifetime of his daughter. R. Yose the son of R. Judah ruled: A father does have rights to usufruct in the lifetime of his daughter. On what principle do they differ? The first tanna holds that the rabbis were well justified in allowing enacting that the usufruct belongs to a husband, since otherwise he might refrain from ransoming [his wife]. But with regard to the father, what is there to say? That he would refrain from ransoming her?

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