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her heirs, i.e., the heirs of her marriage contract, are obligated in her burial. This indicates that her husband’s heirs, who inherit her marriage contract, must attend to her burial. Abaye said: We too learn in a Mishnah (95b): A widow is sustained from the property of the orphans, and her earni
Rava said: But let the yavam say: I inherit my brother, and I am therefore entitled to this marriage contract as my brother’s heir, while his wife I am not obligated to bury, as I have no connection to her. Abaye said to him: This claim is not valid because they come upon him from two sides, by
Rava said to him: I say as follows: The yavam claims that I inherit my brother, and his wife I will not bury, as this is not my responsibility. And if the brother should be responsible due to her marriage contract, a marriage contract cannot be collected during the husband’s lifetime but only aft
The Talmud asks: Who did you hear who is of the opinion that one expounds the marriage contract and infers halakhot from its exact language, like expositions from the Torah? It is the opinion of Beit Shammai, and yet we have heard that Beit Shammai say a document that is ready to be collected is con
The proof of this is as we learned in a Mishnah (Sota 24a): If the husbands of women suspected of being unfaithful died before their wives drank from the bitter waters in accordance with the halakha of a sota, and it was never established whether they had engaged in sex with another man, Beit Shamma