Pinchas 27:8 · unit 2 — order of inheritance: son, daughter, brothers, father’s brothers

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 27:8

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדַבֵּר לֵאמֹר אִישׁ כִּי־יָמוּת וּבֵן אֵין לוֹ וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּם אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ לְבִתּוֹ׃

And to the children of Yisrael you shall speak, saying: If a man dies and he has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

Chabad.org — 27:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Bava Basra 115a

Sefaria — Bava Basra 115a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנֵי, סֵדֶר נְחָלוֹת – הַבֵּן וְיוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ קוֹדְמִין לַבַּת, הַבַּת וְיוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכָהּ קוֹדְמִין לָאַחִים, הָאַחִים וְיוֹצְאֵי יַרְכָּם קוֹדְמִין לַאֲחֵי הָאָב, זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם בְּנַחֲלָה יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ קוֹדְמִין, וְהָאָב קוֹדֵם לְכָל יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ.

English: It was taught: the order of inheritances — the son and those issuing from him precede the daughter; the daughter and those issuing from her precede the brothers; the brothers and those issuing from them precede the father’s brothers. This is the rule: whoever has priority in inheritance, those issuing from him have priority; and the father precedes all who issue from him.

Type of Learning

Full hierarchy of heirs.

What Is Learned

The verse anchors the classic order of yerushah.