Commentary for Bava Batra 294:2

רבא אמר רב נחמן מתנת שכיב מרע מדרבנן בעלמא היא שמא תטרף דעתו עליו

But did R. Nahman say so?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the validity of the verbal gift of a dying man n only Rabbinical. ');">⁵</span> Surely R. Nahman said: Although Samuel had stated that if a person sold a bond of indebtedness to another and subsequently<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and he returned'. ');">⁶</span> remitted [the debt] it is remitted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the buyer cannot claim the debt from the borrower. He only bought the rights of the creditor which now exist no more. He can, however, reclaim from the creditor (the seller) the sum he paid him for the bond. ');">⁷</span> and that even an heir may remit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A debt he inherited. ');">⁸</span>

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