Commentary for Bava Batra 273:14

דרש רב נחמן בר רב חסדא אתרוג זה נתון לך במתנה ואחריך לפלוני נטלו ראשון ויצא בו באנו למחלוקת רבי ורשב"ג

R. Nahman b. R. Hisda gave the following exposition. [If one said to another]. 'This ethrog<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] a fruit of the citrus family used with the palm leaves, myrtle and willows on the Festival of Tabernacles. Cf. Lev. XXIII, 40. ');">³⁷</span> is given to you as a gift, and after you<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after his death. ');">³⁸</span> [it shall be given] to X', [and] the first [recipient] took it and performed with it his duty,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and he went out (from his obligation) by it', i.e., he used it in the prescribed manner and recited the proper benediction. ');">³⁹</span>

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