daf bit: Bechorot 52
Jan. 5th, 2012 08:55 amThe torah tells us that land in Eretz Yisrael cannot be sold beyond
redemption; during the Yovel (jubilee), every 50 years, all holdings
return to their ancestral tribes. The mishna on today's daf discusses
this, saying that the following do not return during the Yovel:
the double share (inheritance) of the first-born; the inheritance from
one's wife and of one who marries his sister-in-law; and a gift. These
are the words of R. Meir. But the sages say that a gift is like a sale
and does return, and R. Eleazar says all these return because (according
to the g'mara) when property is divided among heirs it is like a sale.
(52b)