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cellio

daf bit: Ketuvot 103

Dec 13, 2007 09:07

The mishna teaches: should a widow say "I have no desire to move from ( Read more... )

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ginamariewade December 13 2007, 17:27:39 UTC

This would have made Sense and Sensibility turn out entirely different, don't you think?

(But you might not be a Jane Austen fan.)

cellio December 14 2007, 03:11:46 UTC

Not specifically a fan, but I vaguely recall a movie vresion of that one, yeah.

byronhaverford December 13 2007, 20:15:57 UTC

It is interesting that bondsmen are heritable, just as slaves are. That might make for some uncomfortable situations, depending on what caused one to be bound.

cellio December 14 2007, 03:17:27 UTC

It makes sense that they would be heritable; they represent both a debt and a service, so if the widow can use the other assets, she should get those ones too. If this creates a bad situation (I'm not sure how common that would be), I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there's what amounts to a trade market. (I would expect all parties to have to agree, of course.)

Widowhood, not that I know anything of law anniemal December 14 2007, 19:48:36 UTC

If a woman binds herself to her mate, she inherits his life, which was hers, prior to his death. His responsibilities are hers. A good wife knows them. Her children or his other heirs owe her support. It is what is proper and true to the Golden Rule. They will inherit in time. Greed is always ugly ( ... )