Commentary for Bava Batra 273:6

א"ר יוחנן הלכה כרבן שמעון בן גמליאל ומודה שאם נתנן במתנת שכיב מרע לא עשה כלום

Abaye said: Who is a cunning rogue? — He who counsels<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Rashb.; R. Gersh, renders, 'who takes counsel with himself.'] ');">¹⁶</span> to sell an estate,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was given to a person with the stipulation that after his death it shall be transferred to another person. ');">¹⁷</span> in accordance with Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the sale is morally wrong, since the original owner meant the second beneficiary to have the estate after the death of the first, it is legal in accordance with the view of Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel. [According to the explanation of Rashb., it is only he who counsels, that is dubbed 'cunning rogue', since he derives no benefit therefrom.] ');">¹⁸</span>

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