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״ארבע מאה זוזי מן חמרא לברת״. אייקר חמרא. אמר רב יוסף: רווחא ליתמי.
400 dinars of this wine you should give to my daughter, and the wine subsequently appreciated in value, so that some money remained. Rav Yosef said: The gain goes to the male orphans, i.e., they are entitled to the leftover sum.
קריביה דרבי יוחנן הוה להו איתת אבא דהוה קמפסדה מזוני. אתו לקמיה דרבי יוחנן. אמר להו: איזילו ואמרו ליה לאבוכון דנייחד לה ארעא למזונה.
The Talmud relates: The relatives of R' Yoḥanan had a wife of their father who would diminish his resources by spending wastefully on her sustenance. They came before R' Yoḥanan to ask his advice. He said to them: Go and say to your father that he should set aside a certain portion of land for her sustenance. If she agrees to accept this land for her sustenance she has thereby relinquished her claim to the rest of the estate.
אתו לקמיה דריש לקיש, אמר להו: כל שכן שריבה לה מזונות. אמרו ליה: והא רבי יוחנן לא אמר הכי! אמר להו: זילו הבו לה. ואי לא, מפיקנא לכו רבי יוחנן מאונייכו. אתו לקמיה דרבי יוחנן, אמר להו: מה אעשה? שכנגדי חלוק עלי.
After their father died, they came before Reish Lakish for his ruling, and he said to them: All the more so, he has increased the sources of sustenance available to her. In other words, they are still obligated to support her from their father’s estate according to the lifestyle she is accustomed to living, and if they do not, she may use the field to supplement what they give her. They said to him: But R' Yoḥanan did not say so. He said to them: Go and give her all she requires, and if not, I will remove for you R' Yoḥanan from your ears, i.e., I will treat you so harshly that you will forget R' Yoḥanan’s ruling. They approached R' Yoḥanan to complain, but he said to them: What can I do? I cannot impose my opinion, as a man equal to me disagrees with me.