Commentary for Bava Metzia 38:13

הלכך אמרינן ליה אנן האי כתבא לא יהבינן ליה להאי דדלמא מכתב כתביה אבוה מיהב לא יהבה ליה ויהבתיה את לאיניש אחרינא וקא הדרת ביה

Our Mishnah, which implies that if [the person who lost the document] says, 'Give it [to the person named in the document],' it is given to him, refers to [the donor] himself, who is entitled to withdraw, [and the reason why the document is thus given is] that we say: Even if [the donor] had given it to another person,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And then decided not to let him have it. ');">¹¹</span>

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