Pinchas 27:9 · unit 2 — source for gift of a dying person from the Torah

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 27:9

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־אֵין לוֹ בַּת וּנְתַתֶּם אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ לְאֶחָיו׃

And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

Chabad.org — 27:9

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Bava Basra 147a

Sefaria — Bava Basra 147a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר אַבָּהוּ, מִנַּיִן לְמַתְּנַת שְׁכִיב מֵרַע מִן הַתּוֹרָה, דִּכְתִיב וּנְתַתֶּם אֶת נַחֲלָתוֹ לְאֶחָיו, יֵשׁ לְךָ נְתִינָה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁהִיא כָּזוֹ, וְאֵיזוֹ הִיא – זוֹ מַתְּנַת שְׁכִיב מֵרַע.

English: It was taught: Rav Nachman said in the name of R. Abba bar Avahu: from where do we know a gift of a dying person from the Torah? As it is written “and you shall give his inheritance to his brothers” — you have another giving that is like this; and what is it? This is the gift of a shechiv mera.

Type of Learning

Biblical support for shechiv mera gifts.

What Is Learned

The language of “giving” the inheritance grounds effective deathbed transfers.