Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 244:5
(סימן נפשם) אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק הכי קאמר אחד הבן ואחד הבת נוטלין בראוי כבמוחזק
Was [not] Hebron a city of refuge?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which belonged to the priests (v. Josh. XXI, 13). How, then, could it be given to Caleb who was of the tribe of Judah? ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Abaye replied: Its suburbs [were given to Caleb], for it is written, But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. XXI, 12. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. BOTH A SON AND A DAUGHTER HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS OF SUCCESSION. EXCEPT THAT A SON [WHEN FIRSTBORN] TAKES A DOUBLE PORTION IN THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER BUT DOES NOT TAKE IT IN THE ESTATE OF HIS MOTHER. DAUGHTERS MUST BE MAINTAINED OUT OF THE ESTATE OF THEIR [DECEASED] FATHER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 119b, under what conditions. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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