Commentary for Gittin 96:2
מתניתא דתניא בכור נוטל פי שנים בשדה החוזרת לאביו ביובל
A Baraitha, as it has been taught: A firstborn son receives a double portion of a field which [was due to] be restored to his father at the Jubilee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A firstborn takes a double portion only of property which was actually in possession of the father at the time of death, not of that which is to accrue subsequently. If, therefore, he takes a double portion of this field, it shows that his father, in spite of having sold it, was still reckoned as owner. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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