Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 74:15

והכא איפכא התם אמרי ליה אייתי ראיה ושקול

am the son of the deceased and the estate is mine while the sons of the levir plead, 'You are our brother and you have only a share equal to ours', it was the intention of the Rabbis to submit to R. Mesharsheya that this was a case [identical with that] of a Mishnah wherein we learned, 'He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The son concerning whom it is uncertain whether he was a nine months child of his mother's first, or a seven-months child of her second husband. Cf. supra n. 2. ');">²⁶</span> does not inherit from them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neither from the sons of his mother's first, nor from those of her second husband. As his claim is indefinite, since he cannot possibly know who his father really was, each group of heirs, whose claim to the estate of their respective fathers is definite and certain, can plead that he is not the son of their father. ');">²⁷</span>

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