Responsa for Bava Batra 348:10
א"ל רבא והא ידירנה הנאה תנן א"ל אביי אטו כל דמגרש בבי דינא מגרש
Thus said Abimi of Hagronia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [A suburb of Nehardea, v. Obermeyer, op. cit. 265 ff.] ');"><sup>27</sup></span> in the name of Raba: Even according to him who said [that the possibility that] bundles [of valuables were deposited with the creditor was] to be taken into consideration,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 174a (end), and notes. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> this is only applicable to<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'these words', ');"><sup>29</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A says that B's mother before her death instructed B to give A one Mina out of her possessions, since she had owed money to A's mother and did not remember whether or not she had repaid the entire sum. B denies having received such instructions from his mother, and further claims that A's mother owed him more than one Mina. But A has witnesses who testify that after his mother's death B admitted having received these instructions.
A. Since B's mother did not take the required oath regarding her ketubah, she had no property of her own; even the clothes she wore on week-days belonged to the estate. Consequently B is unable to carry out his mother's instructions. B is under no moral obligation to repay his mother's debt since the mother herself had not been pressed for payment.
SOURCES: Cr. 76.
A. Since B's mother did not take the required oath regarding her ketubah, she had no property of her own; even the clothes she wore on week-days belonged to the estate. Consequently B is unable to carry out his mother's instructions. B is under no moral obligation to repay his mother's debt since the mother herself had not been pressed for payment.
SOURCES: Cr. 76.
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