Commentary for Bava Batra 303:4

ורמי דרב אדרב ודשמואל אדשמואל דשלח רבין משמיה דרבי אבהו הוו ידעי ששלח ר' אלעזר לגולה משום רבינו שכיב מרע שאמר כתבו ותנו מנה לפלוני ומת אין כותבין ונותנין שמא לא גמר להקנותו אלא בשטר ואין שטר לאחר מיתה ואמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל הלכתא כותבין ונותנין

For Rabin sent in the name of R. Abbahu: Be [it] known to you that R. Eleazar had sent to the Diaspora in the name of our Master<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab. ');">¹³</span> [that] where a dying man said, 'Write<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the deed. ');">¹⁴</span> and deliver a <i>maneh</i> to X', and he died,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the deed was written or the maneh delivered to X. ');">¹⁵</span> they must neither write [the deed] nor deliver [the <i>maneh</i>], because it is possible that [the testator]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By his demand that a deed also be written which, since his mere verbal instruction as a dying man would have been sufficient, was unnecessary. ');">¹⁶</span>

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