## Bava Batra Daf 139b

###### Bava Batra 139b:1
[Bava Batra 139b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/139b:1)

וְהַיּוֹרֵשׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and one who inherits** the property of **his wife** after her death, i.e., the property is not returned to her family. Evidently, the husband does not have the status of a purchaser, as a purchaser must return the property to its original owner in the Jubilee Year.


###### Bava Batra 139b:2
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא: וְהַשְׁתָּא דִּשְׁלַח, מִי יָדְעִינַן?! הָאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: בְּאוּשָׁא הִתְקִינוּ, הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁמָּכְרָה נִכְסֵי מְלוֹג בְּחַיֵּי בַּעְלָהּ, וּמֵתָה – הַבַּעַל מוֹצִיא מִיַּד הַלָּקוֹחוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said to him: And now that** Ravin **sent** the letter, **do we** in fact **know** that the husband has the status of an heir? **Doesn’t Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, say: In Usha they instituted** an ordinance that in the case of **a woman who sold her usufruct property,** i.e., property that she alone owns and her husband benefits only from the profits, **in her husband’s lifetime and** then **died, the husband repossesses** it **from the purchasers?** Apparently the husband’s status is that of a purchaser, as a purchaser can appropriate his purchase from a later purchaser, whereas an heir does not inherit property that the person sold before he died.


###### Bava Batra 139b:3
[Bava Batra 139b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/139b:3)

אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: בַּעַל – שַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּיוֹרֵשׁ, וְשַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּלוֹקֵחַ, וְהֵיכָא דְּטָבָא לֵיהּ עֲבַדוּ לֵיהּ; גַּבֵּי יוֹבֵל – שַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּיוֹרֵשׁ, מִשּׁוּם פְּסֵידָא דִידֵיהּ. גַּבֵּי דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא – שַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּלוֹקֵחַ, מִשּׁוּם פְּסֵידָא דִידֵיהּ. גַּבֵּי דְּרָבִין – מִשּׁוּם פְּסֵידָא דְּאַלְמָנָה, שַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּיוֹרֵשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rav Ashi says** that **the Sages equated the husband with an heir, and the Sages equated him with a purchaser. And they deemed him** as **whichever is better for him,** based on the circumstances of the case. **With regard to** the **Jubilee** Year, **the Sages equated him with an heir, due to his** potential **loss** were he to be equated with a purchaser, as he would be obligated to return the property to his wife’s heirs. **With regard to** the case **of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina,** where the wife sold the property, **the Sages equated him with a purchaser, due to his** potential **loss** were he to be equated with an heir. **With regard to Ravin’s** *halakha*, concerning the sustenance of the husband’s father-in-law’s widow, **due to the** potential **loss of the widow, the Sages equated him with an heir.**


###### Bava Batra 139b:4
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וְהָא גַּבֵּי דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא, דְּאִיכָּא פְּסֵידָא לְלָקוֹחוֹת, וְשַׁוְּיוּהוּ רַבָּנַן כְּלוֹקֵחַ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But with regard to** the case **of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, there is a loss to the purchasers,** from whom the husband appropriates the property, **and** nevertheless, **the Sages equated him with a purchaser.**


###### Bava Batra 139b:5
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הָתָם, אִינְהוּ אַפְסִידוּ אַנַּפְשַׁיְיהוּ – כֵּיוָן דְּאִיכָּא בַּעַל, לָא אִיבְּעִי לְהוּ לְמִיזְבַּן מֵאִיתְּתָא דְּיָתְבָא תּוּתֵי גַּבְרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **There,** the purchasers **caused their own loss. Since** they knew **that there is a husband, they should not have purchased** property **from a wife living under** the authority of **her husband,** removing it from the husband and his heirs.


###### Bava Batra 139b:6
[Bava Batra 139b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/139b:6)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ יֵשׁ נוֹחֲלִין**


###### Bava Batra 139b:7
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**מִי שֶׁמֵּת** וְהִנִּיחַ בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת; בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַנְּכָסִים מְרוּבִּין – הַבָּנִים יִירְשׁוּ, וְהַבָּנוֹת יִזּוֹנוּ. נְכָסִים מוּעָטִין – הַבָּנוֹת יִזּוֹנוּ, וְהַבָּנִים יִשְׁאֲלוּ עַל הַפְּתָחִים. אַדְמוֹן אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאֲנִי זָכָר, הִפְסַדְתִּי?! אָמַר רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: רוֹאֶה אֲנִי אֶת דִּבְרֵי אַדְמוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of **one who died and left** behind both **sons and daughters, when the estate is large the sons inherit** the estate **and the daughters are provided with sustenance** from it according to the stipulations of the deceased’s marriage contract with their mother. With regard to **a small estate,** which is insufficient to provide for both the sons and the daughters, **the daughters are provided with sustenance. And** if **the sons,** who receive in this case neither inheritance nor sustenance, have no other means with which to support themselves, **they** go and **request** charity **at the doors. Admon says,** rhetorically: **I lost out** just **because I am male?** Rather, he holds that the sons also receive sustenance. **Rabban Gamliel said: I see** as correct **the statement of Admon.**


###### Bava Batra 139b:8
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**גְּמָ׳** וְכַמָּה מְרוּבִּין? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּזּוֹנוּ מֵהֶן אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. כִּי אַמְרִיתָא קַמֵּיהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל, אָמַר: זוֹ דִּבְרֵי רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל בַּר רַבִּי, אֲבָל חֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּזּוֹנוּ מֵהֶן אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ עַד שֶׁיִּבְגְּרוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **And how large** must the estate be in order for the sons to inherit it? **Rav Yehuda says** that **Rav says:** Large **enough to provide sustenance from it for** both **these,** the sons, **and those,** the daughters, for **twelve months.** Rav Yehuda continues: **When I said this** ruling **before Shmuel, he said: That is the statement of Rabban Gamliel bar Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi. **But the Rabbis say:** The estate must be large **enough to provide sustenance from it for** both **these and those until** the time **that** the daughters **reach their majority,** at age twelve and six months, as indicated in the marriage contract.


###### Bava Batra 139b:9
[Bava Batra 139b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/139b:9)

אִיתְּמַר נָמֵי: כִּי אֲתָא רָבִין אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כֹּל שֶׁיִּזּוֹנוּ מֵהֶן אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ עַד שֶׁיִּבְגְּרוּ – הֵן מְרוּבִּין; פָּחוֹת מִכָּאן – הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מוּעָטִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This **was also stated** by other *amora’im*: **When Ravin came** from Eretz Yisrael, he said that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says, and some say** it was **Rabba bar bar Ḥana** who **says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Any** estate **that** is large enough **to provide sustenance from it for** both **these and those until** the time **that** the daughters **reach their majority is a large** estate; **less than that, this is a small** estate.


###### Bava Batra 139b:10
[Bava Batra 139b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/139b:10)

וְאִי לֵיכָּא לְאֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ עַד שֶׁיִּבְגְּרוּ,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And if there is not** enough to provide **for these and those until** the daughters **reach their majority,**