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ואי אתה מעביר נחלה מן האב אפילו במקום בת! אם כן, לא נכתוב רחמנא ״והעברתם״!
but you do not pass an inheritance from the father even in a case where there is a daughter, so that the father precedes the daughter in the order of inheritance? The Talmud answers: If so, God would not write: “Then you should pass the inheritance to his daughter” (Numbers 27:8). This indicates that the logical order of inheritance is being overridden, as the fact that the daughter precedes the brothers of the deceased is due to her being a closer relative of his. It is obvious that the Torah intends that she precede even the father.
ולמאן דנפקא ליה מ״והעברתם״, האי ״שארו״ מאי עביד ליה? מיבעי ליה לכדתניא: ״שארו״ – זו אשתו, מלמד שהבעל יורש את אשתו.
Having quoted two derivations for the halakha that the father precedes the brothers, the Talmud proceeds to discuss them and asks: And according to the one who derives it from the term: “And you should pass,” what does he do with this term: “His kinsman,” which was said to refer to the father? The Talmud answers: He requires it for that which is taught in a baraita: “His kinsman.” This is referring to his wife, and the Torah teaches that a husband inherits from his wife.
ולמאן דנפקא ליה מ״שארו״, האי ״והעברתם״ מאי עביד ליה? מיבעי ליה לכדתניא – רבי אומר: בכולן נאמר בהן ״נתינה״, וכאן נאמרה בהן ״העברה״; שאין לך שמעביר נחלה משבט לשבט אלא בת, הואיל ובנה ובעלה יורשין אותה.
The Talmud asks: And according to the one who derives it from the term: “His kinsman,” what does he do with this term: “And you should pass”? He requires it for that which is taught in a baraita, that R' Yehuda HaNasi says: In the context of all of the relatives listed in the passage detailing the laws of inheritance, it is stated concerning them with the terminology of giving, and only here, in the context of daughters, it is stated concerning them with the terminology of passing. This teaches us that you have no one who passes an inheritance of land in Eretz Yisrael from one tribe to another except for a daughter, since her son and husband inherit from her.