Commentary for Bava Batra 262:1

ממאי דבחד בי דינא איתקון דלמא בתרי בי דינא איתקון

Whence [it is to be inferred] that [both provisions] were made by one court? Is it not possible [that] they were made by two [different] courts?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, consequently, the two expressions, ('inheritance' for the sons, and 'gift' for the daughters), cannot be regarded as made one immediately after the other. And since in this case the Rabbis would regard the assignments as invalid, Rabbi had to revert to a change of reading, in order that the Mishnah may conform with the view of the Rabbis. ');">¹</span> — This possibility<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the provisions were made at two courts. ');">²</span>

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