Commentary for Bava Batra 308:3

הכי נמי מסתברא מדקאמר להו אי אתם רשאים לנוולו ואישתיקו אי אמרת בשלמא בני משפחה קא מערערי משום הכי אישתיקו אלא אי אמרת לקוחות קא מערערי אמאי שתקי לימרו ליה אנן זוזי יהבינן ליה לינוול ולינוול

— If [only] because of this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If this argument had been the only proof that it was the relatives who protested. ');">⁹</span> [there would be] no argument. [for R. Akiba may] have said to them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The buyers. ');">¹⁰</span> thus: In the first place,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'one'. ');">¹¹</span> [a post mortem must not be held] because you are not permitted to dishonour him; and, furthermore, in case you might say. 'He took [our] money. let him be dishonoured', the signs [of maturity] usually undergo a change after death.

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