Commentary for Bava Batra 259:6

איבעית אימא מדקאמר לא נחלקו מכלל דתנא קמא סבר נחלקו

[to the case of an appointment as sole heir] of a son among the [other] sons or [of] a daughter among the [other] daughters, [in] which [case] father said, [the one appointed] inherits, and the Sages say [that] he does no inherit'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From this statement it is obvious that R. Johanan b. Beroka cannot be assumed to maintain, as has been suggested, that another legal heir may he appointed where there is a daughter, or that a daughter may be made heir where there is son ');">¹⁰</span> — If you wish, it may be replied: Since he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Ishmael. ');">¹¹</span>

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