Commentary for Bava Batra 273:1

תנאי היא דתניא נכסי לך ואחריך לפלוני וירד ראשון ומכר ואכל השני מוציא מיד הלקוחות דברי רבי רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין לשני אלא מה ששייר ראשון

This [law is a matter of dispute between] Tannaim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The view of one of whom is advanced by R. Johanan. ');">¹</span> For it was taught: [If a person said.] My estate [shall be] yours, and after you [it shall be given] to X', and the first [recipient] went down [into the estate] and sold [it] and spent [the money],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'ate'. ');">²</span> the second may reclaim [the estate] from those who bought it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the death of the first, who was entitled to usufruct only and had no right to sell the estate itself. ');">³</span>

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