Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Gittin 150:6

מתקיף לה רבא מכדי כל תנאי מהיכא גמרינן מתנאי בני גד ובני ראובן מה התם הן קודם ללאו אף כל לאפוקי הכא דלאו קודם להן

— The condition must be mentioned before the act. Raba strongly questioned [Samuel's dictum]: Let us see, he said; whence do we derive the rule for conditions? From the condition of the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben. Therefore just as there the affirmative comes before the negative, so it should be in all cases, which would exclude this one where the negative comes before the affirmative? No, said Raba; the Get should run as follows: 'If I do not die it will not be a Get: if I die it will be a Get, if I do not die it will not be a Get.' [We write] 'If I do not die it will not be a Get', so as to avoid his commencing with a mention of evil for himself. [Then we say] 'If I die it will be a Get, if I do not die it will not be a Get', so that the affirmative may precede the negative.

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. How long should a nursing widow wait until she can remarry?
A. The accepted law is that she must wait 24 moon-months (from the day the child is born), i. e. months of alternating length of 29 and 30 days. If one of the years is a leap year, she must wait 25 such months. However, were I not afraid to differ with the decisions of my teachers, I would require her to wait 24 full months of 30 days each, or 720 days, and in a leap year 25 moon-months of alternating length, in order to be sure to comply with all possible interpretations of the opinions of the authorities of the Talmud.
This Responsum is addressed to R. Yekutiel.
SOURCES: Pr. 79. Cf. Mord. Yeb. 19; Israel Bruno, Responsa 192; ibid. 193; ibid. 194; Terumat Hadeshen 216; Isserlein, Pesakim 82; ibid. 178.
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Teshuvot Maharam

Q. A left his possessions to his sons on condition that they give a certain amount to his four daughters, and if they have no cash that they should pay the daughters with real property. One of the daughters died before A.
A. A's sons must pay their three sisters three quarters of the designated sum, and may keep the other quarter for themselves, even if the deceased daughter left heirs. The death of one daughter does not annul the gift to the other three.
SOURCES: Cr. 189; Pr. 136; L. 387; Mord. Git. 431.
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Q. A left his possessions to his sons on condition that they give a certain amount to his four daughters, and if they have no cash that they should pay the daughters with real property. One of the daughters died before A.
A. A's sons must pay their three sisters three quarters of the designated sum, and may keep the other quarter for themselves, even if the deceased daughter left heirs. The death of one daughter does not annul the gift to the other three.
SOURCES: Cr. 189; Pr. 136; L. 387; Mord. Git. 431.
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Q. A died and left a widow, a son and a daughter. The widow, without taking the usual oath regarding her ketubah, came to an agreement with the orphans regarding A's estate, and undertook to support them until they reach a certain age. The daughter died while she was still young. Now, the son demands from his mother the amount not expended for the support of the daughter.
A. The widow owes nothing to her son.
SOURCES: Pr. 860.
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