Commentary for Bava Batra 98:1

נחלה הבאה לו לאדם ממקום אחר אדם מתנה עליה שלא יירשנה וכדרבא דאמר רבא כל האומר אי אפשי בתקנת חכמים כגון זאת שומעין לו

that a man is at liberty to renounce beforehand<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to stipulate'. ');">¹</span> an inheritance which is likely to accrue to him from another place;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., from a distant relative, to whom he becomes next-of-kin according to the regulations of the Rabbis. But inheritance from a next-of-kin mentioned in the Torah cannot be so renounced. ');">²</span>

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