Commentary for Bava Batra 256:3

מאי קאמר אמר אביי הכי קאמר האומר על תינוק בין הבנים יירש כל נכסי נאמן כרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה ורבי יוחנן אמר אינו נאמן כרבנן

What does this mean? — Abaye replied: It is this that was meant: If one said concerning a child among [his] sons [that] he shall be heir to all his estate, he is to be trusted in accordance with [the view of] R. Johanan b. Beroka;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who stated that a father has a right to assign all his property to one only among all his legal heirs. ');">³</span> and R. Johanan said [that] he is not to be trusted, in accordance with [the view of] the Rabbis.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first Tanna, with whom R. Johanan b. Beroka is in dispute. ');">⁴</span>

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