Commentary for Bava Batra 153:3

ע"מ שתכתבו לו את השטר חוזר בין בשטר בין בשדה

of the field on behalf of X, and write for him the deed',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Confirming the donation. ');">⁷</span> he may withdraw the deed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the donor, after having given the instructions to the witnesses, desires to have no written confirmation of the gift. he may recall the deed at any time before it reaches the donee. ');">⁸</span> but not the field.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the field had already passed into the legal ownership of the donee, from the moment the donor had handed over the 'symbolic' object to the witnesses. ');">⁹</span>

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