## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 216

###### Sifrei Devarim 216:1
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(דברים כא טז) **וְהָיָה בְּיוֹם הַנְחִילוֹ אֶת בָּנָיו**, בַּיּוֹם מַפִּילִים נַחֲלוֹת וְאֵין מַפִּילִים נַחֲלוֹת בַּלַּיְלָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 216**²²
1. “So when *the day* comes to bequeath to his sons” (Dt. 21:16).
Bequests are distributed by day,
but they are not distributed by night.

footnotes:
²² H:227-228; JN2:119.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:2
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**אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לוֹ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהַבֵּן נוֹטֵל בָּרָאוּי כְּבַמֻּחְזָק.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“That which *is to be his*” (Dt. 21:16)—
***is to be his*, teaches that the son takes,**
**as his inheritance from his father’s estate,**
**both its anticipated income and its current holdings**.²³ 217.4.

footnotes:
²³ Cf. M. Bech.8:9 and Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:3
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**לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵינוֹ רַשַּׁי לְבַכֵּר. יָכוֹל לֹא יְבַכֵּר, וְאִם בִּכֵּר – יְהֵא מְבֻכָּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר**, הָא אִם בִּכֵּר – אֵינוֹ מְבֻכָּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “He is unable to transfer the *right* of the First-born” (Dt. 21:16)—
this teaches that the father has
no right to transfer *the status* of the First-born
[to another son by a different wife].
Is it possible to say that,
while the father has no *right* to transfer the status of the First-born,
if he does so, it is done?
The Teaching states:
“He is unable to transfer the *right* of the First-born” (Dt. 21:16)—
thus, if the father *does* transfer this status,
it is not [effectively] done.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:4
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**אֶת בֶּן הָאֲהוּבָה**, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּצָא רֹאשׁוֹ וְרֻבּוֹ בַּחַיִּים – פּוֹטֵר אֶת הַבָּא אַחֲרָיו מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“To *the son* of the favored wife” (Dt. 21:16)—
as soon as the First-born’s head
and most of his body emerge alive,
he exempts any brother born after him
[even of a different mother]
from [exercising the right of] the First-born.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:5
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**עַל פְּנֵי בֶן הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹר** – אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבֵּן הַבְּכוֹר לַשְּׂנוּאָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Instead of to *the son* of the rejected wife, the rightful First-born” (Dt. 21:16)—
even though the First-born son belongs to the rejected wife,
[his father cannot transfer First-born status to his son by a favored wife].