Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 48:1

למאי הלכתא לגריעותא מה בכור אינו נוטל בראוי כבמוחזק אף האי אינו נוטל בראוי כבמוחזק:

what practical ruling was thereby intended?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For all practical purposes, as it has been shewn, the elder or eldest brother has the same privileges as the firstborn; why, then, was the expression [H], (firstborn) used instead of [H] (elder or eldest) which would have included the firstborn? ');">¹</span> — To impair his rights; As a firstborn does not take a double portion in his father's prospective property<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Property which was not in his father's possession at the time of his death. ');">²</span> in the same way as he does in that which is already In his possession,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the time he died. ');">³</span> so does this one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir who marries the widow and is given a double share (his and that of the deceased) in the inheritance of their father. ');">⁴</span>

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