יא) ת"ר שארו זו אשתו מלמד שהבעל יורש את אשתו (ב"ב קי"א:) שארו הקרב אליו (כז, ל וונתתם את נחלת
Many times the Torah alludes to the closeness of husband and wife uses the language of שאר.
T.T. The term שאר does not directly mean one’s wife, but indicates the closeness between the married couple that does not exist elsewhere. The Torah should have explicitly stated that the husband inherits from his spouse. Thus, the Sages stated that this verse should be read as if one would move the Vav and the Lamed and put them together to form another word, thus, read the verse as follows: And give the inheritance of the spouse to him לוונתתם את נחלת שארו
T.T. Our Sages needed to strengthen the words of Torah, since it was difficult for them how the Torah could refrain from mentioning the concept of a wife being inherited by her husband. Thus, they saw to make such a derasha as above (some Poskim say that inheriting one’s spouse is a rabbinic law, and this derasha is an asmachta – support).
