Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra 9.3

משנה: הִנִּיחַ בָּנִים גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים הִשְׁבִיחוּ הַגְּדוֹלִים אֶת הַנְּכָסִים הִשְׁבִּיחוּ לָאֶמְצַע. אִם אָמְרוּ רְאוּ מַה שֶׁהִנִּיח לָנוּ אַבָּא הֲרֵי אָנוּ עוֹשִׂין וְאוֹכְלִים הִשְׁבִּיחוּ לְעַצְמָן. וְכֵן הָאִשָׁה שֶׁהִשְׁבִּיחָה אֶת הַנְּכָסִים הִשְׁבִּיחָה לָאֶמְצַע. אִם אָמְרָה רְאוּ מַה שֶׁהִנִּיחַ לִי בַעֲלִי הֲרֵי אֲנִי עוֹשָׂה וְאוֹכֶלֶת הִשְׁבִּיחָה לְעַצְמָהּ.

MISHNAH: If he is survived by adult and underage children and the adult ones improved the property, the improvement goes to the estate. But if they said, make an inventory of what our father left and we are going to work and profit from it, they improved it for themselves. Similarly, a woman who improved the property improved for the estate. But if she said: see what my husband left for me, I shall work it and eat from it; then she improved it for herself.

הלכה: הִנִּיחַ בָּנִים גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי לָא. אִם אָמְרוּ בְּבֵית דִּין. דְּבֵי רִבִּי יַנַּאי אָמְרֵי. אֲפִילוּ עִירְנֵיָה. רַב אָמַר. אֲפִילוּ סַל אֲפִילוּ קוֹרְדּוֹם. תַּנֵּי רִבִּי חִיָיה. אֲפִילוּ מַחַט אֲפִילוּ מוּקָּף צָמִיד פָּתִיל.

HALAKHAH: “If he is survived by adult and underage children,” etc. Rebbi La said, “if they said” in court. In the House of Rebbi Yannai they said, even a jug. Rav said, even a basket, even an axe. Rebbi Ḥiyya stated: Even a needle, even a thread to tie down.

אָמַר רִבִּי חֲנִינָה. הַמַּשִּׂיא אֶת בְּנוֹ בְּבַיִת זָכָה בַּבַּיִת. תַּנֵּי רִבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָה. בַּבַּיִת וְלֹא בַּמִּטַּלְטְלִין. רִבִּי לָא חִילֵּק אֶת הַטְּרִיקְלִין בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין בְּנוֹ. רִבִּי חַגַּיי בְּעָא רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. הָיְתָה חוּפָּתוֹ בַּקִּיטוֹן וְעָשָׂה לוֹ הֵסֵב בַּטְּרִיקְלִין מָהוּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. לֵית חֲמֵי לֵיהּ מַפְקָה.

Rebbi Ḥanina said, if somebody definitively married off his son in a house, the latter acquired it. Rebbi Hoshaia stated, the house but not the movables. Rebbi La divided the dining hall between himself and his son. Rebbi Ḥaggai asked Rebbi Yose: If the ceremony was in the bedroom but the wedding party was in the dining room, what is the rule? He told him, one does not see him leaving.

רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אָמַר. חוֹלְקִין לַקְּטַנִּים מִפְּנֵי גְּדוֹלִים. אֶלָּא עָמְדוּ קְטַנִּים וּמָצְאוּ דְבַר יֶתֶר וּמִיחוּ. רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ אָמַר. נִשְׁבָּעִין לָהֶן. אָמַר רִבִּי מָנָא. כָּל הַמּוֹצִיא מֵחֲבֵירוֹ עָלָיו הָרְאָיָיה חוּץ מִזּוֹ. רִבִּי חִיָיה רוֹבָה אָמַר. סְתָם אַחִין שׁוּתָפִין עַד שְׁלֹשָׁה דוֹרוֹת. אָמַר רִבִּי [ ] בַּר בּוּן. אַף רַב הַמְנוּנָא הוֹרֵי כֵן.

Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said: One divides for the underaged because of the adults. But if the underaged found something additional and protested? Rebbi Abbahu said, they have to swear for them. Rebbi Mana said, everywhere the burden of proof is on the claimant except in this case. The Great Rebbi Ḥiyya says, without contract brothers are co-owners up to three generations. Rebbi [Yose] bar Abun said, also Rav Hamnuna did instruct in this sense.

אָמַר רִבִּי אִימִּי. בֵּן שֶׁנִּרְאֶה חָלוּק בְּחַיֵּי אָבִיו מַה שֶׁסִּיגֵּל סִיגֵּל לְעַצְמוֹ. כְּהָדָא חַד בַּר נַשׁ אִיתְעֲבֵיד סַפָּר. בְּעָא אַחוֹי מִיפְלַג עִימֵּיהּ. אֲתַא עוֹבְדָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי אִמִּי. אָמַר. כָּךְ אָנוּ אוֹמְרִים. אָדָם שֶׁמָּצָא מְצִיאָה אֶחָיו חוֹלְקִין עִמּוֹ. חַד בַּר נַשׁ נְפַק לִשְׁלִיחוּתָא. בְּעָא אַחוֹי מִיפְלוֹג עִימֵּיהּ. אֲתַא עוֹבְדָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי אִמִּי. אָמַר. כָּךְ אָנוּ אוֹמְרִים. אָדָם שֶׁיָּצָא לַלֵּיסְטֶיָיא אֶחָיו חוֹלְקִין עִמּוֹ. רִבִּי הוֹרְיָינָה אַחוֹי דְרִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר סוֹסַרְטַיי בְּעָא אַחוֹי מִיפְלוֹג עִימֵּיהּ. אָמַר לוֹ. אַלֶכְסַנְדְּרִי אַחוֹי. יְדַע אַתְּ דִּשְׁבַק אָבוּנָן אֲלָפִים.

Rebbi Immi said, if a son was seen separated during his father’s lifetime, what he accumulated, he accumulated for himself. As the following: A person learned to be a barber. His brother wanted to share with him. The case came before Rebbi Immi who said, do we say that if a person found something, his brothers share with him? A person became an agent. His brother wanted to share with him. The case came before Rebbi Immi who said, do we say that if a person went into robbery, his brothers share with him? A brother of Rebbi Horiana, brother of Rebbi Samuel ben Sosartai, wanted to share with him. He told him, brother Alexander, do you not know that our father left us thousands?

וְכֵן הָאִשָׁה כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי לָא. אָמְרָה בְּבֵית דִּין.

“Similarly, a woman,” etc. Rebbi La said, “if she said” in court.