Responsa for Ketubot 205:14
ומ"ש מדרבי אסי א"ר יוחנן דא"ר אסי אמר ר' יוחנן יתומים שקדמו ומכרו בנכסים מועטין מה שמכרו מכרו
But why [should this case be] different from that of which R. Assi said in the name of R. Yohanan, who said: If the orphans got ahead of themselves and sold some property of a small estate their sale is valid?
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A died leaving several bad debts (investments). Since these debts are worth very little, may A's widow and daughter use the money exclusively for their own sustenance, while A's sons may be forced to go begging from door to door?
A. The law, which provides that daughters be entitled to derive their sustenance from movables left by their father, was instituted by the Geonim. Male and female orphans were placed by them on an equal footing in regard to such movables.
SOURCES: Cr. 267; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 183a; ibid. p. 322d.
A. The law, which provides that daughters be entitled to derive their sustenance from movables left by their father, was instituted by the Geonim. Male and female orphans were placed by them on an equal footing in regard to such movables.
SOURCES: Cr. 267; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 183a; ibid. p. 322d.
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