Commentary for Bava Batra 303:7

יתיב רב נחמן בר יצחק אחוריה דרבא ויתיב רבא קמיה דרב נחמן קא בעי מיניה מי אמר שמואל שמא לא גמר להקנותו אלא בשטר ואין שטר לאחר מיתה והא אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל שכיב מרע שכתב כל נכסיו לאחרים אף על פי שקנו מידו עמד חוזר

the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that'. ');">²³</span> where no symbolic acquisition took place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' CF. previous note. It is possible, therefore, that the testator desired acquisition of the gift effected by means of a deed and since he died the deed is no longer of any avail. ');">²⁵</span> There is [also] no contradiction between the two statements of Samuel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 12. ');">²⁶</span> [because in the latter case the reference is to one] who [specifically] strengthened his<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The donee's. ');">²⁷</span> claims.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'power'; by the inclusion of the formula given below. ');">²⁸</span> R. Nahman b. Isaac sat behind Raba while Raba was sitting before R. Nahman when he addressed to him the [following] enquiry: Did Samuel say. 'since it is possible that he decided not to transfer possession to him except through the deed, and no [possession by means of a] deed [may be acquired] after [the testator's] death'? Surely Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel, 'If a dying man gave all his property, in writing, to strangers. although [symbolic] acquisition took place. he may retract if he recovered

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