Commentaire sur 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:
S'il laisse des filles [et non des fils], les adultes ne sont pas vêtus aux dépens des petits, et les petits ne sont pas nourris aux dépens des adultes, mais ils partagent également. Si les filles adultes se marient, les jeunes peuvent aussi se marier. Et si les plus jeunes disaient: "Nous nous marierons comme vous l'avez fait", ils ne sont pas entendus. C'est une sévérité des filles par rapport aux fils: les filles sont nourries [comme condition de la kethubah] aux dépens des fils, alors qu'elles [petites filles] ne sont pas nourries aux dépens des filles [adultes]. [Car là où les fils n'héritent pas, les filles ne sont pas nourries par la condition de la kéthubah, mais elles partagent également, et chacune est nourrie de sa propre part.]
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
If the elder daughters married [and took each her dowry from the common inheritance] so too the younger daughters may marry [and take each a dowry from the common inheritance].
If the younger daughters said, “We will marry in the way you married”, they do not listen to them, for what their father gave them, he has given.
A greater stringency applies to daughters than to sons, since daughters can claim maintenance at the cost of the sons, but they cannot claim maintenance at the cost of the [other daughters].
Mishnah eight deals with the division of the inheritance when daughters inherit.
The first three sections of this mishnah are identical to the last section of yesterday’s mishnah. The only difference is that while the father customarily pays for the wedding of his son, to his daughter he gives a dowry. Therefore in section two and three the daughters are arguing over dowries and not over the costs of the wedding.
Section four: We will learn in the first mishnah of the next chapter that if a father left sons and daughters and he did not have a large enough inheritance for the daughters to be maintained and the sons to inherit, the daughters’ maintenance (food, clothing and shelter) takes precedence over the sons’ inheritance. However, if he left only daughters, the younger daughters cannot claim maintenance at the expense of the elder daughters. In other words, the law with regards to daughters is more strict [vis a vis the other daughters] than the law with regards to sons.