אמר ליה תנינא נשאו גדולות ישאו קטנות מאי לאו נשאו גדולות לבעל ישאו קטנות מבעל
But surely, we learnt, THOSE WHO ARE OF AGE ARE NOT TO BE SUPPORTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MINORS! — Our Mishnah [refers] to [those who are] without a calling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (edd. [H]), 'a man at ease'; one who is not in any way engaged in the improvement of the estate or in the increase of its value.
');"><sup>43</sup></span> [In the case of] one without a calling, [is this not] obvious!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he is of no use to the management or maintenance of the estate, what possible claim can he have upon the general funds in respect of his personal dress?
');"><sup>44</sup></span> — [Since] it might have been assumed that [the brothers] desire that he should not be disgraced<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through the wearing of unbecoming clothes, and would thus agree to beat the expense.
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Tosefta Ketubot
If the son sold [property written to him by his father for after his death] and (sic! according to Ehrfurt manuscript and most Rishonim, see Lieberman's notes) his father died, if there is property [still] attached to the ground [i.e. that the buyer has not used in the meantime], they evaluate for him [i.e. the property returns to the inheritors, but the buyer gets a certain amount of money as if he were a tenant, see end of this halakhah, also Lieberman and Tosefta Ketubot 8:4 above]. One who receives a field from his fellow [and then the original owner wants it back] which is an irrigated field or orchard [two types of field that are a lot of work to look after], if there is property attached to the ground, they evaluate for him [as a tenant]. One who receives a field from his fellow and the 7th year arrives, if there is property attached to the ground, they evaluate for him. (The following is not in the printed edition but supplied by Ehrfrut manuscript:) One who receives a field from his fellow and the time arrives when he has to leave, if there are [property] attached to the ground, they evaluate for him. And for all of these, they evaluate them as if he were a tenant.
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