Responsa for Ketubot 85:23
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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