Commentary for Bava Batra 223:12

א"ל רב יימר לרב אשי אי אמרת בשלמא שכבר הוסבה היינו דמתוקמא קרא בין בסבת הבן בין בסבת הבעל

would be removed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the marriage of the daughter unto one of the tribe of her father. ');">²⁹</span> from the tribe of the mother to the tribe of the father!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What safeguard, then, against the transfer of property from one tribe to another would have been provided by Num. XXXVI, 8 (cf. supra 111b), which requires every daughter that possesseth an inheritance to be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father? While this provision prevents the transfer from the tribe of a father to that of another, it does not prevent the transfer from a mother's tribe! Consequently, if it he assumed that the transfer is effected through the husband, i.e., that the husband is heir to his wife, provision against the transfer may be made on the lines mentioned below; if, however, it be assumed that the husband is not heir, and that the transfer is effected through the son, what provision against this can be made? This, therefore, urges Abaye, is proof that Num. XXXVI, 8, teaches the law that a husband is heir to his wife. ');">³⁰</span> But how!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from what' i.e., the proof is not conclusive. ');">³¹</span>

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