Responsa for Ketubot 85:4
במקום אב קיימי מה התם מעשה ידיה לאב ה"נ מעשה ידיה לאחין או דלמא לא דמי לאב התם מדידיה מיתזנא הכא לאו מדידהו מיתזנא
Are they in place of her father and as in that case her handiwork belongs to her father so here also it belongs to her brothers; or are they not similar to the father, for in that case she is maintained out of his own estate but here she is not maintained out of their estate?
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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