Commentary for Bava Batra 252:6

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> לימא מתניתין דלא כר' יהודה דאי ר' יהודה האמר בדבר של ממון תנאו קיים

BECAUSE HE MADE A STIPULATION [WHICH IS] CONTRARY TO WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE TORAH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One has no right to give instructions which are contrary to the law of the Torah which has entitled every son to a portion, and the firstborn to a double portion, in the father's estate. ');">¹⁵</span> IF ONE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A man on his death-bed. ');">¹⁶</span> DISTRIBUTED HIS PROPERTY VERBALLY, [AND] GAVE TO ONE [SON] MORE, AND TO [ANOTHER] ONE LESS, OR [IF] HE ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST BORN A SHARE EQUAL TO THAT OF HIS BROTHERS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he made the firstborn equal to them'. ');">¹⁷</span>

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