Important Message Regarding This Lesson
The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.
Positive Commandment 248 (Digest)
Laws of Inheritance
"If a man dies and he has no son..."—Numbers 27:8.
We are commanded regarding the laws of inheritance [to follow the inheritance laws detailed in the Torah]. Included in this mitzvah is that the firstborn receives a double portion from his father's estate.
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> The 248th mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding the laws of inheritance.
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement;) (exalted be He), "If a man dies and has no son..."
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> This mitzvah undoubtedly includes the law that the firstborn son inherits a double portion,;) since this is part of the laws of inheritance.
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> The details of this mitzvah are explained in the 8th and 9th chapters of tractate Bava Basra.
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> Footnotes
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> Num. 27:8.
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> Deut. 21:17.