Talmud for Bava Batra 8:8

הִנִּיחַ בָּנוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת וּקְטַנּוֹת, אֵין הַגְּדוֹלוֹת מִתְפַּרְנְסוֹת עַל הַקְּטַנּוֹת וְלֹא הַקְּטַנּוֹת נִזּוֹנוֹת עַל הַגְּדוֹלוֹת, אֶלָּא חוֹלְקוֹת בְּשָׁוֶה. נָשְׂאוּ גְדוֹלוֹת, יִשְׂאוּ קְטַנּוֹת. וְאִם אָמְרוּ קְטַנּוֹת, הֲרֵי אָנוּ נוֹשְׂאוֹת כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁנְּשָׂאתֶם אַתֶּם, אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לָהֶן. זֶה חֹמֶר בַּבָּנוֹת מִבַּבָּנִים, שֶׁהַבָּנוֹת נִזּוֹנוֹת עַל הַבָּנִים וְאֵין נִזּוֹנוֹת עַל הַבָּנוֹת:

If he left over daughters [and not sons], the grown ones are not clothed at the expense of the small, and the small are not fed at the expense of the grown, but they share equally. If the grown daughters married, the young ones may also marry. And if the younger ones said: "We shall marry as you did," they are not heeded. This is a stringency of daughters over sons: Daughters are fed [as a condition of the kethubah] at the expense of the sons, whereas they [small daughters] are not fed at the expense of the [grown] daughters. [For where sons do not inherit, the daughters are not fed by condition of the kethubah, but they share equally, and each is fed from her own portion.]

Jerusalem Talmud Gittin

¹⁵⁷This baraita also appears in Baba Batra 8:9, 16c.“If somebody says, I freed my slave Ṭabi¹⁵⁸For Ṭabi (m.), Ṭabitha (f.) as names of slaves cf. Niddah 1:5, Note 103., I shall free him, he is free, he acquired¹⁵⁹The slave acquired the right to be freed..” Rebbi Inaia¹⁶⁰In Baba Batra: R. Ḥiyya. in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: But only by a document¹⁶¹The slave cannot acquire freedom by the simple declaration of his owner; he only can acquire the right to a document of manumission.. “He should be freed¹⁶²The owner said that the slave should be freed, but did not say it in the context of a last will and testament. The Sages hold that this is a not binding promise; Rebbi holds that this kind of promise is binding., Rebbi says, he acquired, but for the Sages he did not acquire. Give this document of manumission, and he died, Rebbi says, he did not acquire but the Sages say, he did acquire; one forces the heirs to fulfill the instructions of the deceased.” Rebbi Ze‘ira said, they disagree¹⁶³In the case of the owner who gave instructions to write a document for his slave. if he did not specify. How do we hold? If he said, “free him”, Rebbi will agree¹⁶⁴Since the heirs are required to follow the wishes of the testator, they have to free the slave.. If he said, “write and deliver,” the Sages will agree¹⁶⁵This is the case of the Mishnah; if the owner instructed to write the document and deliver it in his name, the instruction becomes void at his death.. But we deal with the case that he said “give”. Rebbi says, one who says “give” is like one who said “write and deliver,” but the Sages say, one who says “give” is like one who said “free him”.

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