Baba Kama 9:10-11

Baba Kama 9:10

If a father takes a vow that his son will not benefit from his property and the father subsequently dies, the son can inherit from him. If the father specifies that the son will not benefit during his lifetime or after his death and then dies, the son does not inherit from him and he must give his share in the estate to the his father’s other sons or, if there aren’t any, his father’s brothers. If he doesn’t have money to live on, he must borrow and the lenders can collect payment from what would have been his share.

Baba Kama 9:11

Let’s say that someone steals from a convert and swears falsely that he didn’t, after which the convert dies (leaving no heirs). In such a case, the thief repays the value of what he stole plus one-fifth to the kohanim on duty at the time, and he brings a guilt offering. This is based on Numbers 5:8, “If the person has no relatives to repay for the crime, then the repayment is for God, via the kohanim.” If the thief was bringing his repayment and his guilt offering to the Temple and he died, the money is given to his heirs and the animal for the offering is permitted to graze until it becomes unfit for use as a sacrifice, after which it is sold and the money is used to purchase a free-will offering (nedava).