Commentary for Bava Batra 288:7
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> האחין שעשו מקצתן שושבינות בחיי האב חזרה שושבינות חזרה לאמצע שהשושבינות נגבית בבית דין אבל השולח לחבירו כדי יין וכדי שמן אין נגבין בב"ד מפני שהן גמילות חסדים:
THEY REVERT TO THE COMMON FUNDS OF THE ESTATE; FOR [THE RECIPROCATION OF] WEDDING GIFTS MAY BE CLAIMED THROUGH A COURT OF LAW.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The gifts are consequently regarded as a loan and as part of the common estate. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> IF, HOWEVER, ONE HAS SENT TO HIS FRIEND JARS OF WINE OR JARS OF OIL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As an ordinary gift: not as that of a shoshbin. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> HE CANNOT CLAIM THEM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.. 'they cannot he collected'. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> THROUGH A COURT OF LAW, BECAUSE [THE PRESENTATIONS OF] SUCH [GIFTS] ARE [MERE ACTS OF] LOVINGKINDNESS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The recipient does not incur any liability'. ');"><sup>26</sup></span>
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