Commentary for Bava Batra 270:7

יתיב רבה בר רב הונא באכסדרא דבי רב ויתיב וקאמר משמיה דר' יוחנן שכיב מרע שאמר כתבו ותנו מנה לפלוני ומת אין כותבין ונותנין שמא לא גמר להקנותו אלא בשטר ואין שטר לאחר מיתה

INSTRUCTIONS ARE LEGALLY VALID.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if the assignee is not the testator's legal heir, and even though his name is not mentioned in the will, he receives all that is enumerated in it. The verbal instructions of a dying person are legally binding. ');">¹⁸</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: What is a deyathiki?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note I. The question is, which kind of will entitles one to acquire ownership of an estate after the death of the testator, in the case where 'immediate' acquisition is not provided for? ');">¹⁹</span> — Any [deed] in which is written, 'This is to stand and to be'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after death. [H] a play upon the word [H]. ');">²⁰</span>

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