Commentary for Bava Batra 222:3
א"ר נחמן בר יצחק אמר קרא (דברים כא, יז) ראשית אונו אונו ולא אונה
Might it not be suggested that these words<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a firstborn son takes a double portion only in the estate of his father. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> [apply to the case where] a bachelor married a widow;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who had children from her first marriage. In such a case, the father's firstborn son is not that of the mother. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> but [where] a bachelor married a virgin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case the firstborn son of the father is also the firstborn son of the mother. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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