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inherit; is their request valid in Torah & civil
law? According to civil law, all children - sons
& daughters, adopted & natural - inherit equally.
According to halacha, if there are natural sons,
then daughters & adopted sons do not inherit at
all. In civil law, upon the death of a spouse,
the surviving spouse inherits the estate. In
Torah law, a husband inherits from his wife, but
a wife does not inherit from her husband; the
sons do. In civil law, there is no distinction
between paternal & maternal relatives; but
halacha holds that maternal relatives are not
considered relatives regarding halachot of
inheritance. Civil law doesn’t differentiate
between a 1st-born son & younger siblings;
halacha does; the first-born receives a "double
portion" of (certain parts) of the estate.
But - according to most poskim, one may specify
exactly how the assets should be distributed; &
certainly one can (should?) distribute assets
while he/she is still alive to avoid family strife.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Was ordained at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, and led congregations in Chicago and Dallas prior to making Aliyah in 1992. He directs the Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, helping to facilitate the spiritual absorption of new olim.
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Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Parashat Hashavua Happiness for the Right Reasons
[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]
