Reference for Ketubot 157:3

א"ל רבא לרב נחמן טעמא מאי דלא שביק איניש נפשיה ויהיב לאחריני ה"מ לאחריני אבל לברתה יהיבא אפ"ה במקום ברתה נפשה עדיפא לה

Rava said to R. Nahman: What is the reason? Because a person would not neglect himself and give his property away to others. But this would apply to strangers only, but to a daughter one would give [away property]! Even in the case of a daughter a woman prefers to [keep her property] for herself.

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