[Avodah] yovel

[Zev Sero]

On 29/06/2011 4:49 PM, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> But if the mother did not have any brothers, then the mother (and her sisters) would indeed inherit some of Ephraim's land. (Is this not what we learn from Bnos Tzelafchad?) And then, when the mother dies, why wouldn't he inherit his mother's land?

He would; but how does that make him a member of her tribe?   

> My conclusion is that in the case of a Jewish woman who marries a
> non-Jewish man, the tribe ends up with the same amount of land as
> if she had married a Jew.

But even if she marries a Jew from a different shevet, her tribe loses
her land when her son inherits it.  Which is why in the first generation
that entered the land, heiresses were not allowed to marry out of their
tribe.  But once the land had been divided and everyone had their
portion that restriction was lifted, and eventually each shevet's
territory would be dotted with parcels that were owned by members of
other shvatim.

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