Commentary for Bava Batra 305:2

ההוא דקנו מיניה אתא לקמיה דרב הונא אמר מאי איעבד לך דלא אקנית כדמקנו אינשי

There was a certain [man]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, while on his death-bed, had presented his estate to a stranger. ');">³</span> from whom [symbolic] acquisition was taken, who came before R. Huna.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Desiring, on recovery, the return of his estate. ');">⁴</span> [The latter] said, 'What can I do for you [in such a case] where you did not transfer possession as [other] people do?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., cause to acquire'. Had he presented his estate without allowing symbolic acquisition to take place be could retract on recovery. After symbolic acquisition one has no right to withdraw. ');">⁵</span>

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