Responsa על כתובות 136:10
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. An orphaned daughter is entitled to a dowry equal to one-tenth the estate left by her father. Is she entitled to one-tenth of the movables forming part of her father's estate?
A. She is entitled to one-tenth of the immovables only. Although nowadays, because of the ordinance of the Saburaim, a woman collects her ketubah, and all other obligations stipulated therein, from movables, the dowry of a daughter is not an obligation included in the ketubah, and, therefore, is not included in the abovementioned ordinance.
SOURCES: L. 237; cf. Hag. Maim. Ishut 20, 2.
A. She is entitled to one-tenth of the immovables only. Although nowadays, because of the ordinance of the Saburaim, a woman collects her ketubah, and all other obligations stipulated therein, from movables, the dowry of a daughter is not an obligation included in the ketubah, and, therefore, is not included in the abovementioned ordinance.
SOURCES: L. 237; cf. Hag. Maim. Ishut 20, 2.
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