Bava Batra 122B

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The Talmud interjects: It is written concerning Joshua’s burial: “And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Serah” (Joshua 24:30), and it is written: “And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres” (Judges 2:9). Why is the name changed? R' Elazar says:

Caleb also received his portion directly from God and not through the lottery, as it is written: “And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out from there the 3 sons of the giant” (Judges 1:20). The Talmud asks about this verse: But Hebron was a city of refuge that belonged to

Mishnah: Both the son and the daughter of the deceased are included in the halakhot of inheritance. But the difference is that the firstborn son takes a double portion of the property of the father, and he does not take a double portion of the property of the mother. And another difference is that

Talmud: The Talmud analyzes the Mishnah: What is meant by the first clause of the Mishnah: Both the son and the daughter of the deceased are included in the halakhot of inheritance? If we say that they inherit together, didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (115a): A son precedes a daughter? Additionally,

Nafsham is a mnemonic for the names of the rabbis cited in the following discussion: Naḥman; Pappa; Ashi; Mar. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak says: This is what the Mishnah is saying: Both the son and the daughter take in inheritance the property due to their father as they would take in inheritance the pro