Commentary for Bava Batra 304:4

פשיטא כתב לזה וכתב לזה היינו דכי אתא רב דימי אמר דייתיקי מבטלת דייתיקי כתב וזיכה לזה כתב וזיכה לזה רב אמר ראשון קנה ושמואל אמר שני קנה

it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'caused him to merit', i.e., to acquire the right of 'ownership', by means of delivering to him the deed. ');">¹²</span> to one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this', presenting to him all his estate. ');">¹³</span> and [subsequently] wrote [a deed of the gift] and handed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. p. 656. n. 6. ');">¹</span> it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From this it follows that if the testator did die the donee acquires possession after the death of the testator though a deed was written. How, then, could it be said in the name of Samuel that where a deed was written there can be no acquisition after death? ');">²</span>

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