Pinchas 27:8 · unit 5 — non-Jewish sages claimed son and daughter equal — rejected

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: Yerushalmi Bava Basra 8:1

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Bava Basra 8:1

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

חַכְמֵי הָאֻמּוֹת אוֹמְרִים, בֵּן וּבַת שָׁוִין כְּאַחַת בִּירֻשָּׁה, דְּדָרְשִׁי וּבֵן אֵין לוֹ, הָא אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ שְׁנֵיהֶם שָׁוִין…

English: The sages of the nations say: son and daughter are equal together in inheritance, for they expound “and he has no son” — [implying] if he has both, they are equal…

Type of Learning

Polemic against equal-share reading.

What Is Learned

Torah prioritizes the son; equal division is not the law of this verse.

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