1.
Barry Epstein asked:
My notes say that a yavam receives a double portion in his father's estate; his own and his dead brother's. If his dead brother was a first born, does he receive a triple portion?
Barry Epstein, Dallas, USA
2.
The Kollel replies:
Most of the Rishonim are of the opinion that the Yavam only gets double from the father's estate if the father died before the brother, in which case he is actually inheriting his brother . Since his brother who died already received the extra portion, the Yavam will get the extra portion as well.
D. Zupnik