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The Mishnah continues: If the father stated in his vow that his son may not derive benefit from his property in his life and in his death, then even if the father then dies the son does not inherit from him, as the prohibition is still in effect. And instead of taking his inheritance, he returns h
Talmud: With regard to the halakha written in the Mishnah that one who robs his father pays the principal and the additional 1/5th payment to the father’s heirs, Rav Yosef says: One may even put this money in a charity purse if he so chooses. Rav Pappa says: And when giving the money he must say:
§ The Talmud questions the Mishnah’s ruling that one who robs his father must return the stolen item to others even if he is the sole heir. Why must he do this? Let him forgive the debt to himself; as the heir, to whom payment is due, he should be able to forgive it. Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (1
R' Yoḥanan said: This is not difficult. That Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei HaGelili, who says that this obligation can be forgiven, while this Mishnah, ruling that a son who robbed his father and is his sole heir cannot forgive the obligation to himself, is in accordance wi
R' Yoḥanan explains: As it is taught in a baraita (Tosefta 10:16) that the verse states with regard to one who steals from one who then died: “But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt that is made shall be YHWH’s, even the priest’s” (Num