Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Bava Batra 277:19

א"ל רב פפא לרבא לאו היינו דשלח רבין באגרתיה מי שמת והניח אלמנה ובת אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו נשאת הבת אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו מתה הבת אמר רב יהודה בן אחותו של ר' יוסי (בן) חנינא ע"י היה מעשה ואמרו אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו

[a similar sum towards the expenses of their marriage] to husbands. [But] this is not [so];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the husbands cannot be regarded as buyers. ');"><sup>53</sup></span> for, surely, R. Hiyya taught: [If] those who were of age had married husbands,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 590. n. 5. ');"><sup>54</sup></span> the minors may take [their due] from [those] husbands!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had these been regarded as buyers, the minors who have the status of a creditor of a verbal loan, could not have taken anything from them. ');"><sup>55</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. A was survived by his wife, a married daughter, and a single daughter. Subsequently the married daughter died and then her death was followed by that of her mother. The latter had not taken the required oath regarding her ketubah. The unmarried daughter took possession of A's entire estate; but, A's son-in-law demanded half of the estate on the grounds that his wife had been entitled to it, and that he was her rightful heir.
A. As long as A's widow did not take an oath regarding her ketubah, A's entire estate belonged to his two daughters. A's son-in-law, being his wife's rightful heir, is, therefore, entitled to half of A's estate.
This Responsum was addressed to Rabbi Menahem.
SOURCES: L. 226; Mord. Sheb. 780. Cf. Israel Bruno, Responsa 21.
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