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מאן כו׳ לירות? אטו בר קשא דמתא לירות?! הכי קא אמינא: איכא בן ובת – לא האי לירות כוליה ולא האי לירות כוליה, אלא כי הדדי לירתו!
who then should inherit? Is that to say that the ruler of the city should inherit? Rav Pappa said to him: This is what I meant to say: If there is a son and a daughter, this one should not inherit all of the estate, and that one should not inherit all of the estate, but they should inherit it in equal portions to one another.
אמר ליה אביי: ואצטריך קרא לאשמועינן היכא דלית ליה אלא חד ברא, לירתינהו לכולהו נכסי?! ודלמא הא קא משמע לן – דבת נמי בת ירושה היא? ההוא מ״וכל בת ירשת נחלה״ נפקא.
Abaye said to him: But is the verse necessary in order to teach us that when he has only one child, that child should inherit all of his property? If you say that the right of the son and daughter to the inheritance is equal, then the verse: “If a man dies, and has no son” (Numbers 27:8), which teaches that when there is no son his daughter inherits, is superfluous. Rav Pappa responded: And perhaps this verse teaches us this: That a daughter is also subject to receiving inheritance. The Talmud replies: No, the verse does not need to teach us this, since that halakha is derived from the verse: “And every daughter who possesses an inheritance” (Numbers 36:8), which clearly states that a daughter is subject to receiving inheritance.
רב אחא בר יעקב אמר, מהכא: ״למה יגרע שם אבינו מתוך משפחתו, כי אין לו בן״. טעמא דאין לו בן, הא יש לו בן – בן קודם.
Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: The halakha that a son inherits his father’s estate and precedes a daughter is derived from here, in the passage in the Torah where the daughters of Zelophehad request their father’s inheritance in Eretz Yisrael. They said to Moses: “Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son?” (Numbers 27:4). R' Aḥa ben Ya’akov infers: The reason they requested the inheritance is that, as they said: He has no son. One can infer: But if he has a son, the son takes precedence and the daughters would not have requested an inheritance.
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