Bava Batra 112 - October 15, 13 Tishrei
Study Guide Bava Batra 112 Today's daf is sponsored by Joanna Rom in loving memory of her mother, Rose Rom, Sura Razel, on her sixteenth yahrzeit. "She is still with me every day, my inner teacher." Where in the Torah is a source for the law that a husband inherits from his wife? Two different opinions are suggested. Rabbi Yishmael proves it from five different verses and the Gemara explains why all five verses are needed. Abaye raises a difficulty with the verse Bamidbar 37:8 which is explained as referring to a daughter who inherits from two tribes (her father and mother). The verse explains that she must marry within her father's tribe to ensure that land will not be passed to another tribe. But if her mother is from another tribe and she inherits from her mother, how does it help her to marry someone from her father's tribe - in any case, land will move from her mother's tribe to her father's. Rav Yeimar and Abaye each resolve this question in a different manner. There are two braitot that each explain the two different verses that forbid a woman to marry from another tribe - one referring to the concern that her son will inherit from her and land will pass to another tribe and the other concerned that the same will happen but because her husband will inherit from her.