Study Bekhorot folio 48A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Mishnah: With regard to one whose wife had not previously given birth and then gave birth to two males, i.e., twin males, and it is unknown which is the firstborn, he gives 5 sela coins to the priest after 30 days have passed. If one of them dies within 30 days of birth, before the obligation to r
In a case where the father died and the sons are alive, R' Meir says: If they gave the 5 sela coins to the priest before they divided their father’s property between them, they gave it, and it remains in the possession of the priest. But if not, they are exempt from giving the redemption money to t
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that in a case where the father died and the sons are alive, R' Meir says: If they gave the 5 sela coins to the priest before they divided their father’s property, they gave it; but if not, they are exempt from giving the redemption money. The Talmud asks: When did the f
Rather, it is referring to a case where the father died within 30 days of the birth of his sons, and the obligation of redemption applies to the firstborn himself, whose identity is unknown, but not to the father’s property. If so, what is different about a case where they already divided the prope
R' Yirmeya says: That is to say, i.e., it can be inferred from here, that in a case involving two people named Yosef ben Shimon who were residents of one city, and they acquired a field in partnership, a creditor of one of them can collect payment of his debt from either of them, despite the fact