Commentary for Bava Batra 262:5
אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל הכותב כל נכסיו לאשתו לא עשאה אלא אפוטרופא
It is quite possible still to maintain [that the provisions]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 549, n. 6. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> were enacted by two [different] courts;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the expressions of 'inheritance' and 'gift' cannot be regarded as having been made one immediately after the other. Rabbi was consequently compelled, in order that the Mishnah may conform with the view of the Rabbis, to change the reading from 'they shall inherit' to 'they shall take'. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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