Responsa for Gittin 99:9
ולרבא והתני אברם חוזאה אין נפרעין מנכסי יתומין אלא מן הזיבורית ואפילו הן ניזקין והא ניזקין דינן מדאורייתא בעידית
etc. What would a man naturally bring out in such a case? His least valuable articles. Why then did they [the Rabbis] say that a creditor should collect from medium property? So as not to place obstacles in the way of borrowers. Where orphans are concerned, however, they left the law as it was laid down in the Torah.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.K. 8a. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
d) Q. While L managed the estate she gave presents to certain persons thinking she had the right to do so. Are the orphans entitled to take back the presents?
A. The recipients are entitled to retain these presents since they may claim that L gave them out of her own property, and since it appears that the market ordinance (takkanat hashuk) was to apply to property given away as presents.
A. The recipients are entitled to retain these presents since they may claim that L gave them out of her own property, and since it appears that the market ordinance (takkanat hashuk) was to apply to property given away as presents.
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