Commentary for Bava Batra 226:1

למאי הלכתא אמר רב ששת לקדם

[In respect] to what Law?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely daughters inherit from their mother where there are no sons; and since their mother is heiress to her brothers (where there are no living brothers), they also, who are her heiresses, should, in such a case, be entitled to the inheritance of their uncles! ');">¹</span> — R. Shesheth said: In respect of precedence,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to precede'. i.e., where there are brothers and sisters, the former are to be the heirs of their uncles, not the latter. ');">²</span> [as] R. Samuel b. R. Isaac recited before R. Huna: [Since it is said], and he shall possess it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVII, 11. [H] referring to 'inheritance' mentioned in verse 8. ');">³</span> the inheritance [mentioned] second<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the second or any of those following in order of succession. ');">⁴</span>

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