## Teshuvot Maharam, Lemberg Edition

###### Teshuvot Maharam, Lemberg Edition 239:1
[Teshuvot Maharam, Lemberg Edition 239:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Teshuvot%20Maharam/s/Lemberg%20Edition/r/239:1)

**¹ וששאלת**על האפטרופוס שמינוהו אבי יתומים כו' ר"ח ורב אלפס פסקו בפ' הניזקין (גיטין ד' נב:) כאבא שאול וכן הוא דמינוהו אבי יתומים לא ישבע ובעל העיטור כתב אי איכא סהדי דמפסיד בנכסי' קצת אפי' מינוהו אבי יתומים ישבע כיון דמסלקין לי' משבעינן לי' נמי:

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¹ קצרות סי' רב"ע מוטעת. מרדכי גיטין פ"ה סי' שפ"ט.

**Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947:**
*Q*. Is a trustee of orphans, appointed to his trusteeship by their father, required to take an oath [to the effect that he did not retain anything belonging to the orphans and that he did not willfully damage their interests]?
*A*. A trustee appointed by the father of the orphans is not required to take an oath. However, some authorities (*Ittur*) believe that when such a trustee has been removed by court, because of witnesses testifying to his mismanagement of the affairs of the orphans, he is required to take an oath.
SOURCES: Cr. 272; L. 239. Cf. Mord. Gitt. 389; Pr. 592; L. 240.