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A wide-ranging commentary on the daily page of Talmud.

Hannah prays and makes a vow, from Die Bibel in Bildern, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860.

Bava Batra 50: אֵין מַחֲזִיקִין בְּנִכְסֵי אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ

jyungar August 14, 2024

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The Gemara attempts to differentiate the current assertion - that a woman can void the sale of her field even if she previously consented in certain situations - from other rulings that suggest that such a sale is always valid. There are a number of statements describing the use of usufruct property, the property that belongs to a woman because she brought it into her marriage.

We explore the laws of usufruct halachic and secular.

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