Commentary for Yevamot 132:8

ההיא איתתא דעיילה ליה לגברא איצטלא דמילתא בכתובתה שכיב שקלוה יתמי ופרסוה אמיתנא

A woman once brought<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In her dowry, as zon barzel. ');">²⁰</span> in to her husband a robe of fine wool [which was appraised and included] in her <i>kethubah</i>. When the man died it was taken by the orphans and spread over the corpse. Raba ruled that the corpse had acquired it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shroud, wraps. or any article of dress that has covered the body of a corpse is deemed to be the dead man's property, and no living person may derive any benefit from it. V. Sanh. 47b. ');">²¹</span> Said Nanai son of R. Joseph son of Raba to R. Kahana: But, surely, Raba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 7. ');">²²</span>

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