Commentary for Bava Batra 258:1

יירשו אחרים תחתיהם בין שאמר תנו בין שאמר אל תתנו אין נותנין להן אלא שקל

others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom he nominated. ');">¹</span> shall be his heirs in their stead, only a <i>shekel</i> [a week] is to be given to them, whether he used the expression 'give' or 'give no [more]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is obvious that he desired to economise in the weekly maintenance of his children in order that as much as possible may remain for his appointed heirs. ');">²</span> Now here, surely, it is [a case] similar to that of two fields<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (a) The total sum of the shekels to be given to the children and (b) the sum to be given subsequently to his appointed beneficiaries. ');">³</span>

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