Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 238:12

צדקניות הן - שלא נישאו אלא להגון להן תני רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אפילו קטנה שבהן לא נשאת פחותה מארבעים שנה

'If we are [to he as good] as son[s],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the existence of a daughter, like that of a son, obviates levirate marriage ');">²⁸</span> give us an inheritance as [to] a son; if not,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if, with reference to an inheritance, daughters are not to be given the same rights as sons. ');">²⁹</span> let our mother be subject to the law of levirate marriage!' And Moses, immediately. brought their cause before the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XXVII, 5. ');">³⁰</span>

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