Commentary for Bava Batra 303:6

דרב אדרב לא קשיא הא דקנו מיניה הא דלא קנו מיניה דשמואל אדשמואל לא קשיא במיפה את כחו

[Does not this present] a contradiction [between one statement] of Rab and another statement of his [and between one statement] of Samuel and another statement of his?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the report above it was stated that any unnecessary addition of a deed to the verbal instructions of a dying man was according to Rab assumed to be in favor of the donee and according to Samuel against him, while here the reverse is reported! ');">²¹</span> — There is no contradiction between the two statements of Rab.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that of Rab upon Rab, there is no difficulty'. ');">²²</span> One<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that'. ');">²³</span> [deals with the case] where symbolic acquisition took place;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'where they acquired of him'. In such a case the testator obviously wished to improve the donee's claims. ');">²⁴</span>

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