Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 261:5

ואמר רבי ילדות היתה בי והעזתי פני בנתן הבבלי אלא דקיימא לן בנין דכרין לא טרפא ממשעבדי אי סלקא דעתך יסבון תנן אמאי לא טרפא ממשעבדי אלא ש"מ ירתון תנן

shall inherit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] ');">¹¹</span> the money of thy marriage settlement in addition to their shares with their brothers",<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This provision is necessary, in the interests of the children, in case their mother predeceases their father who subsequently marries another wife who gives birth to new male children. ');">¹²</span> is [nevertheless] liable, because it is a condition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the marriage settlement of a wife who predeceased her husband is to be inherited by her sons on the death of the husband. [The reason of this enactment is given by R. Simeon b. Yohai (Keth. 52b) 'in order that a man may be encouraged to give as liberal a dowry to his daughter as he would give to his son — for the fear lest the daughter's property should eventually go to another woman's children would make a father hesitate before dowering her as liberally as he would like on marriage.] ');">¹³</span>

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