Derasha on Bamidbar 36:6 · TT unit 2

Parashas Masei · Passuk 36:6 · TT note 2

The Complete Passuk

זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֗ה לִבְנ֤וֹת צְלָפְחָד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לְנָשִׁ֑ים אַ֗ךְ לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אֲבִיהֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לְנָשִֽׁים׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra 120a (TT note on “זֶה הַדָּבָר”).

E-Daf — Bava Basra 120a · Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Bava Basra 120a
תַּנְיָא, יֵשׁ בָּאָבוֹת מַה שֶּׁאֵין בַּבָּנִים — בָּאָבוֹת הוּא אוֹמֵר וְכָל בַּת יוֹרֶשֶׁת נַחֲלָה, בָּאָבוֹת אִין בַּבָּנִים לָא. מַאי מַשְׁמַע, אָמַר רָבָא, זֶה הַדָּבָר — דָּבָר זֶה לֹא יְהֵא נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בְּדוֹר זֶה.

English: It was taught: There is something among the fathers that is not among the children — of the fathers it says “and every daughter who inherits a possession,” among the fathers yes, among the children no. What is the implication? Rava said: “This is the matter” — this matter shall apply only in this generation.

Type of Learning

The intra-tribal marriage rule bound only the generation of the land division.

What Is Learned

Later generations are not bound by the restriction that an heiress must marry within her father’s tribe.