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Rebbi Akiva teaches that a husband inherits his wife's property mid'Oraisa. The Gemara questions this from a Beraisa which teaches that when a pregnant woman is hit and the fetus is lost, the money of the "Demei Vlados" is given to the husband, and the Nezek and Tza'ar that the woman suffered is paid to her. If the husband dies, the Demei Vlados is given to his heirs. If the woman dies, the Nezek and Tza'ar is given to her heirs and not to her husband. If a husband inherits his wife, why should the husband not receive his wife's Nezek and Tza’ar?
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