וְכֹ֗ל זִקְנֵי֙ הָעִ֣יר הַהִ֔וא הַקְּרֹבִ֖ים אֶל־הֶחָלָ֑ל יִרְחֲצוּ֙ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֔ם עַל־הָעֶגְלָ֖ה הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה בַנָּֽחַל׃
Y todos los ancianos de aquella ciudad más cercana al muerto lavarán sus manos sobre la becerra degollada en el valle.
Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra
HALAKHAH: “One who says, “my firstborn X shall not take a double portion,’ ” etc. Rebbi La made the right of the firstborn equal to that of the brothers88He approved a will which gave the firstborn only what the other brothers received.. Rebbi Ḥaggai said to them: Is that not a verse, “he shall not be able to declare as firstborn.”89He thought that Rebbi La acted in error.
90Midrash Tanna'im (Midrash Haggadol Deut. 21:16); Sifry Deut. 216.Rebbi Eliezer said, by the Temple Service! He is able, but he is not permitted91What is missing here (compared to the other sources) is the statement that any action to deprive the firstborn of his inheritance be invalid. In general we hold that if a certain action is biblically forbidden, if it is done anyway it is valid in law since, if it were invalid, it could not be punishable. But an action by the father to deprive his firstborn of his double portion is not punishable; therefore, it is invalid.. Except that he is able designating it as a gift87In a document one has to follow the formal rules. If he used the language of gift but also mentioned inheritance, the will is valid as explained by R. Hoshaia in the Halakhah..
90Midrash Tanna'im (Midrash Haggadol Deut. 21:16); Sifry Deut. 216.Rebbi Eliezer said, by the Temple Service! He is able, but he is not permitted91What is missing here (compared to the other sources) is the statement that any action to deprive the firstborn of his inheritance be invalid. In general we hold that if a certain action is biblically forbidden, if it is done anyway it is valid in law since, if it were invalid, it could not be punishable. But an action by the father to deprive his firstborn of his double portion is not punishable; therefore, it is invalid.. Except that he is able designating it as a gift87In a document one has to follow the formal rules. If he used the language of gift but also mentioned inheritance, the will is valid as explained by R. Hoshaia in the Halakhah..
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
It is written: If the thief was found in a tunnel, was smitten, and died, there is no blood-guilt75Ex. 22:1 permits the residents of a house to kill the stealth intruder since it is assumed that he would kill anybody offering resistance to his burglary.. Rebbi Ḥiyya stated: In the tunnel86From חתר “to undermine”. The thief digs under the wall to enter the house. there is no blood-guilt, outside the tunnel there is blood guilt. Rebbi Simeon ben Ioḥai stated: Even outside the tunnel there is no blood-guilt, for a person’s property is beloved by him like his own soul. He87The property owner. sees him88The thief., that he88The thief. comes to take his87The property owner. money away from him, stands up against him88The thief. and kills him88,The thief.89A similar statement is anonymous in the Babli, Yoma 85b.. Rav Huna said, if he took a wallet, turned to leave and went, if then one stood up against him and killed him88The thief. the killer will not be killed. What is Rav Huna’s reason? For his temper is hot90Deut. 19:6, another case of non-prosecutable homicide.. Rav said, I would kill anybody who would come against me, except Ḥanania ben Shila91A cousin of Rav, lover of roast pigeon (Babli Pesaḥim 10:8)., of whom I know that he would come only to take his meal from me. Rebbi Isaac said, if he has the temerity to do something like that, he cannot be Ḥanania ben Shila92Therefore, any their caught in a house may be killed by the owner..