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תניא אידך: ״ולא תסב נחלה ממטה למטה אחר״ – בסיבת הבעל הכתוב מדבר.
It is taught in another baraita: “So should no inheritance transfer from one tribe to another tribe” (Numbers 36:9); the verse speaks of the transfer of the inheritance by means of the husband. The Torah prohibits the woman from marrying a man from a different tribe since her husband will inherit from her, thereby transferring her inheritance away from its original tribe.
אתה אומר בסיבת הבעל; או אינו אלא בסיבת הבן? כשהוא אומר: ״ולא תסב נחלה לבני ישראל ממטה אל מטה״ – הרי הסיבת הבן אמור; הא מה אני מקיים ״ולא תסב נחלה ממטה למטה אחר״? בסיבת הבעל הכתוב מדבר.
Do you say that this is with regard to the transfer of the inheritance by means of the husband, or is it only with regard to the transfer of the inheritance by means of the son? When it says: “So should no inheritance of the children of Israel transfer from tribe to tribe” (Numbers 36:7), the verse is speaking with regard to the transfer of the inheritance by means of the son. How do I realize the meaning of the verse: “So should no inheritance transfer from one tribe to another tribe” (Numbers 36:9)? That verse speaks of the transfer of the inheritance by means of the husband.
דכולי עלמא מיהת, ״ממטה למטה אחר״ – בסיבת הבעל הכתוב מדבר; מאי משמע? סימן אמר רבה בר רב שילא, אמר קרא: ״איש״. תרוייהו ״איש״ כתיב בהו!
The Talmud comments: In any event, according to everyone, i.e., according to both baraitot, the phrase in the verse “from one tribe to another tribe” speaks of the transfer of the inheritance by means of the husband. The Talmud asks: From where is this inferred? The Talmud supplies a mnemonic. Rabba bar Rav Sheila said that the latter part of the verse states: “So should no inheritance transfer from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel should cleave each one [ish] to its own inheritance,” alluding to the transfer by means of the husband, as the word “ish” means husband, in the context of: “Elimelech the husband [ish] of Naomi” (Ruth 1:3). The Talmud asks: But the word “ish” is written in both of the verses. Therefore, both verses should be interpreted with regard to the transfer of the inheritance by means of the husband.
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