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is not like one written in a document, but like an oral loan. And everyone accepts the opinion of Rav Pappa, as Rav Pappa says: When a creditor gives a loan by oral agreement, he can collect the debt from the heirs of the debtor after his death but he cannot collect the debt from the purchasers of
And here R' Meir and R' Yehuda disagree with regard to the issue of: 5, but not with half of 5. As R' Meir holds that the Torah requires giving specifically 5 sela coins, but not half or part of 5; therefore, the brothers are exempt from giving a priest those 2½ sela coins. And R' Yehuda maintains
The Talmud asks: If so, when R' Yehuda says: The obligation to redeem the firstborn already took effect on the property of the father, he should have said that the obligation to redeem the firstborn took effect on the man, i.e., the brothers who are obligated to pay the sum, as R' Yehuda agrees th
The Talmud clarifies the difficulty by analyzing the baraita: What is the meaning of the clause: 10 dinars for this brother and 10 dinars for that brother? If we say each has 10 dinars from the father’s property, which is the total sum of both the half of the inheritance and the half with regard to
Rather, it is obvious that in this case there are 10 dinars of inheritance for this brother and 10 dinars of inheritance for that brother, which totals 5 sela coins. According to R' Yehuda, it is only in this case that they are obligated to pay the priest. Evidently, R' Yehuda maintains that there