What will be the Din if the deceased daughter died leaving behind a son or a daughter or son's daughter?
Bava Basra, 115a: That grandchild will inherit in place of his - or her - father. 1
Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) words "u'Nesatem es Nachalaso le'Echav"?
Bava Basra, 116a: It hints at another unspecified 'Nesinah', namely, that of a person on his death-bed, - to teach us that his verbal gift is valid, even without a Kinyan. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 23. The Gemara concludes however, that this D'rashah is merely an Asmachta. See Oznayim la'Torah, who elaborates.
"u'Nesatem es Nachalaso le'Echav". What if there are no brothers, only sisters?
R. Bachye: The deceased's sisters take precedence over her uncles 1 - just as a daughter takes precedence over her uncles if there are no sons.
R. Bachye: Because ?Echav? incorporates sisters. See also Torah Temimah, note 24.
"u'Nesatem es Nachalaso le'Echav". Does this incorporate a maternal; brother?
R. Bachye: The Ibn Ezra maintains that it does and that consequently a maternal brother takes precedence over an uncle - even a paternal uncle. However the Gemara rules 1 that ?A maternal relative is not considered family? 2 and that a paternal uncle therefore takes precedence over a maternal brother. 3
From where do we know that a father inherits his son?
R. Bachye: Since a son inherits his father, it is self-understood that a father inherits his son. 1
R. Bachye: Based on the principle ''Kol Manchil, Nochel' -'Whoever bequeaths, inherits'.
Why does the Torah present the case of a father inheriting by way of a hint and not directly?
Ramban #1 and R. Bachye #1: Because for a child to die in the lifetime of his father is a curse, and the Torah is reluctant to discuss curses directly. 1
Ramban #2 and R. Bachye #2: Perhaps it did not happen in that generation that a father died before his son, and the Torah only discusses what happened then.
See R. Chavel?s footnotes, ciccing the Ramban.
