Q&A: "Then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter" — is that serious?
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"Then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter" — is that serious?
Question
I saw that someone who does not leave behind a male son arouses heavenly "wrath" against him (a kind of anger), because it says, "Then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter."
Is that serious?
How can this Talmudic statement be understood?
Answer
I have no idea. Clearly, if it does not depend on him, there is no basis for that at all. Maybe he did not make enough effort, since the commandment to be fruitful and multiply is fulfilled with a son and a daughter.