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this is the reason that they came and said to R' Akiva: What is the halakha? Is it permitted to examine the corpse? But if you say that he can sell the property from the time he is 20 years old, even if they examine him, what of it? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Nidda 47b): With regard to a twe
The Talmud replies: Wasn’t it stated with regard to that Mishnah: R' Shmuel bar Rav Yitzḥak says that Rav says: And is this the halakha only where he developed the signs of a sexually underdeveloped man? Otherwise, a twenty-year-old who has not developed two pubic hairs is still considered a minor.
The Talmud asks: And if he did not develop the signs of a sexually underdeveloped man, until when is he considered a minor if he does not develop two pubic hairs? R' Ḥiyya teaches in a baraita: He is considered a minor until most of his years have elapsed, i.e., until he is 35 years old. When the ca
§ A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: During the time, i.e., the year, when a minor comes of age with regard to selling his deceased father’s property, i.e., during his 18th or 20th year, is this year considered as before the time that he comes of age or is it considered as after the time? Doe
The Talmud notes: And this statement of Rava was not stated explicitly; rather, it was stated by inference. As there was a certain person who was during the time, i.e., the year, when one comes of age who went and sold his father’s property, and the case came before Rava. Rava said to the litigant