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A wide-ranging commentary on the daily page of Talmud.

Plaque with Scenes from the Story of Joshua 900–1000 Byzantine These panels are from a casket that illustrated Joshua’s conquest of the Promised Land and carry paraphrasing of texts from the Book of Joshua

Bava Batra 112: פִּנְחָס דִּזְבַן מִיזְבָּן לָא מָצֵית

jyungar October 15, 2024

For the source text click/tap here: Bava Batra 112

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Using a number of examples, the rabbis wish to establish that transfer might happen through the father or through the son.

Abaye responded: It cannot be said that Pinchas had bought the land, for, if so, it would follow that the field must be returned by Yovel, and it would emerge that the righteous man (Elozar ben Aharon) would be buried in a grave which was not his own.

The Nimukei Yosef writes that our Gemora teaches us that it is a lack of dignity for the deceased to be buried in a grave site owned by another.

The Chasam Sofer (Responsa Yoreh Deah 330) citing our Gemora as its source says that the prevalent custom is that everyone pays for his own grave.

We explore notions of biblical inheritance as well as Halachic aspects of yerusha.

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This is Julian Ungar-Sargon's personal website. It contains poems, essays, and podcasts for the spiritual seeker and interdisciplinary aficionado.​