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The Talmud asks: Why should they divide the portions equally? Since each and every daughter, in turn, takes her own dowry, each one receives that which she rightfully deserves. It is unreasonable to demand of them to redivide the dowries later. The Talmud answers: This is what R' Yehuda HaNasi said,
This conclusion supports the opinion of Rav Mattana, as Rav Mattana said: If they all come to be married at one time, they take 1/10th. The Talmud clarifies: Does it enter your mind that all the daughters should share just 1/10th of the property? Rather, Rav Mattana means that they each take 1/10t
§ A baraita states: With regard to the daughters, whether they matured before they were married or were married before they matured, they lost their sustenance. Sustenance is provided from the inheritance only for single daughters who have not yet matured. However, they did not lose their support,
Rav Naḥman said: Rav Huna told me that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda HaNasi, and orphans may collect their dowries from the estate even when they marry after maturing. Rava raised an objection to Rav Naḥman from the Mishnah: With regard to an orphan girl whose mother or
The Talmud answers: This is not difficult; R' Yehuda HaNasi distinguishes between two instances of mature brides. In this case, because she protests, she may still collect the rest of her dowry. In that case, because she does not protest, she implicitly waives the balance of the dowry.