Commentary for Bava Kamma 138:7

ורבי יוחנן סתמא אחרינא אשכח דתנן אין הגונב אחר הגנב משלם תשלומי כפל אמאי בשלמא לגנב ראשון לא משלם (שמות כב, ו) וגונב מבית האיש ולא מבית הגנב אלא לבעלים נשלם

that R. Johanan stated that brothers dividing an inheritance are like purchasers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the portion chosen by each brother for himself could not be considered as having thus retrospectively become the very inheritance designated for him. ');">¹³</span> [in the eye of the law], so that they will have to restore the portions to one another on the advent of the jubilee year?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Lev. XXV, 13. ');">¹⁴</span>

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