**That is the matter.**This matter should not be practiced except in this generation, and every daughter shall inherit the inheritance from her fathers, not from the sons. According to this, the word "this" is not a reference to the matter itself, but rather to the time and the specific circumstance, as it is one of His instructions. For example, "this to me is twenty years," meaning now. "The voice of my beloved, behold, he is coming," meaning now he is coming. And likewise, "they shall give this," meaning now they shall give, specifically for the work of the Tabernacle, they shall give half a shekel without counting. This is the interpretation of our sages, "now the matter," meaning the matter of the commandment is now, meaning in the present time. The present generation is commanded not to deviate from the inheritance, not future generations. And the Rashbam there in Baba Batra says, "By compulsion, this does not refer to the stones of Tzelafchad, but rather to the daughter who inherits the inheritance." I did not understand his words well, and Rashi explains that it is a limitation, meaning this matter shall be practiced only in this generation, the generation of the daughters of Tzelafchad. According to my understanding, I wrote in the manner of simple interpretation in the language of the Scripture. The Ramban explained the matter as he wrote, that the commandment is that if a person dies from that day onward until the division of the land, and his daughter becomes an inheritor, she shall not marry into another tribe. So that during the division of the land, that man shall not come to take an inheritance within another tribe, for they will be more diligent during the division of the land to prevent the tribes from intermingling in their inheritances. But after the division is known, they will not be so strict. And because the time of that division is unknown, the warning applies to every generation. And it is correct according to the simple interpretation that we should not interpret "do not deviate" as a reason or explanation. It means "so that you do not deviate." However, they are two commandments: one commands the inheriting daughter not to marry outside her father's tribe, and the other commands those who receive an inheritance after they have been married, not to deviate to another tribe. Rather, their sisters, close relatives, sons, and husbands shall inherit them, not from their own sons and husbands. And the warning was initially given regarding the daughters of Tzelafchad, and later it applies to every daughter who inherits an inheritance. And it is said about all of Israel that they should not deviate an inheritance from one tribe to another. Even those who marry or are warned, if they transgress the commandment, their inheritance shall be inherited by the men of their own tribe, so that they all remain connected and bound to the inheritance of their ancestral tribe, and their inheritance shall not be separated from them, and they shall not be separated from the inheritance of their ancestors.

Blessed is the merciful One who aids us.