Commentary for Bava Batra 303:5

קשיא דרב אדרב קשיא דשמואל אדשמואל

had decided not to transfer possession to him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The donee. ');">¹⁷</span> except through the deed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' CF. supra p. 658, n. 10. ');">¹⁸</span> and no [possession by means of a] deed [may be acquired] after [the testator's] death.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 135b, q.v. notes a.l. The legal force given to the word of a dying man extends only to monetary gifts but not to the delivery of a deed. ');">¹⁹</span> And Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel [that] the law is that one may both write and deliver.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is assumed that the testator's request for a written document was for the purpose of strengthening the donee's claim; not to weaken it. ');">²⁰</span>

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