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How are estate profits divided if only some or one of the heirs invested either time or money in improving it? What are the factors that affect the law? What about doctor bills for one of the heirs – are they paid for from the sick person’s share or from everyone’s?
Steinsaltz "How much of what happens to us is in our hands, and how much is in God’s hands?
This question is the crux of a discussion about how much brothers will be responsible for each other’s illnesses.
The Mishna on our daf teaches that brothers who are being supported by their father’s estate will share equally in profits or losses made by one of the brothers who was pressed into imperial service, since he was chosen as the representative from the family. If one of the brothers becomes ill and must pay medical bills, he is responsible to pay that out of his own pocket.”
We learn a new Mishna regarding shushvinus, the custom of bringing gifts to a groom knowing that the gift-giving will be reciprocated in the future. If the father sent shushvinus with some of the sons and then the groom returned the shushvinus after the father died, do all sons share them?
We examine the role of the shushvinin.