Bekhorot 49 – בכורות מ״ט | Daf Yomi with Rashi, Tosafot, the Rambam and halacha

What Bekhorot 49 teaches

Paying redemption money early fails if the priest spends it before day thirty-one, following Shmuel over Rav.
A father who never redeemed himself must redeem himself before his son, since one's own mitzvah always takes precedence.
Biblical penalties and redemption require high-grade Tyrian silver, payable in equivalent goods, but the annual half-shekel requires actual coins.

The sugyot

The Gemara resolves how fathers recover redemption money from one priest via authorization, distinguishing between admitted and denied movable property claims.
Rav Huna rules that when two males and one female intermingle, no redemption is paid, which the Mishnah omitted for stylistic consistency.
The Mishnah establishes that firstborn redemption applies only after thirty days, with the thirtieth day itself treated as non-obligatory like earlier days.
The Gemara derives the thirty-day delay for redemption and explains that in mourning, day thirty is treated leniently as a non-viable infant.
The Mishnah defines presumptions of redemption based on whether the father died before or after thirty days, and determines precedence between father and son.
The Gemara debates whether redeeming a firstborn early to take effect after thirty days works if the money was spent, concluding like Shmuel.
The Gemara resolves whether a man redeems himself or his son first through the question of whether a Torah debt repossesses encumbered property.
The Mishnah establishes that fixed Biblical obligations require standard high-grade Tyrian silver, payable via commodities except for Temple half-shekels.
The Gemara equates the five Tyrian sela'im of redemption with contemporary currencies, debating whether they measure an individual sela or the full sum.

Halachot from the daf

Issuing a power of attorney (הרשאה) for movable property or deposits
Two men's wives—one primiparous—bearing two intermingled males and one female
Redemption of a firstborn who dies within, on, or after thirty days
Earliest time for fulfilling the redemption of a firstborn son
Firstborn redeeming himself when his father did not redeem him
Mourning practices for an infant dying on its thirtieth day
Presumption of redemption if father dies within or after thirty days
Redeeming a son within thirty days effective after thirty days
Betrothal effective after thirty days when the money was consumed
Precedence between redeeming oneself and redeeming one's firstborn son
Currency standard and silver weight of five selaim for redemption
Redeeming a firstborn with commodities versus excluded forms of property
Tyrian silver standard for biblical penalties regarding slaves, seduction, and slander
Weight and currency value of the five sela'im for redemption

Gems from the Daf

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