Daughters' Dowry Rights from Substitute Estate Assets and Milveh Koneh

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Lipman

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The Chasam Sofer rules that a guardian is forbidden to use a minor son's 200 gold coins (proceeds from the sale of estate property) to fund a daughter's dowry, since daughters' maintenance and dowry rights attach only to the father's actual estate assets, not to substitute proceeds. He also engages the Rambam's position that a loan acquires in a sale, distinguishing it from kiddushin by showing that the derivation of kinyan kesef for kiddushin requires actual money, while for sales the verse permits loans.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer EH I §127

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