Commentary for Bava Batra 141:9
רב אשי אמר מי לא תנן במה דברים אמורים במוכר אבל בנותן מתנה נותן את כולן אלמא מאן דיהיב מתנה בעין יפה יהיב ה"נ מאן דיהיב מתנה בעין יפה יהיב:
the other [the donor] does not specify. What do you mean by saying that the one specifies and the other does not specify, when the fact is that just as the one does not specify so the other does not specify? — What we should say is: The latter ought to have specified,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the donor wishes to reserve things for himself, he should specify them, because he is supposed to give in a liberal spirit. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> the former has no need to specify.
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