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Or perhaps, in order to collect from liened property, it suffices that the obligation be of a fixed amount, even if it is not written?
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear an answer to this question from what was stated, that the amora’im disagree about the following issue: There is a case of one who died and left two daughters and a son, and the first daughter went ahead and took 1/10th of the estate as her dowry, as sons are oblig
R' Yoḥanan says: The second daughter forfeited her 1/10th of the estate, and therefore she cannot demand that she should first receive 1/10th of the estate as her dowry, as did her sister, and that only afterward they divide what remains of the estate equally between themselves. And R' Ḥanina said t
The Talmud tries to draw a conclusion with regard to the question that was raised previously: But isn’t the dowry mentioned by R' Ḥanina, i.e., the dowry to which an orphan daughter is entitled from her father’s estate, of a fixed amount, i.e., 1/10th of the estate, and it is not written? And nevert
The Talmud rejects this argument: A dowry is different, since it generates publicity. If one dies and is survived by daughters, everyone knows that a portion of his estate is pledged for their dowries. Therefore, the obligation is considered to be as if it were written. In other situations, it mig