Commentary for Bava Batra 265:4

אמר ליה רב נחמן גנבא גנובי למה לך אי סבירא לך כרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה אימא הלכה כרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה דהא שמעתתיך כר' יוחנן בן ברוקה הוא דאזלא

the matter is to be investigated.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'we see'. ');">¹¹</span> If he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The assignee. ');">¹²</span> is entitled to be his heir, he receives it as an inheritance; and if not, he receives it as a gift. R. Nahman said to him: Why should you indulge in circumlocution!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'O thou cunning man, what is the use of thy going round about?' (Jast.). ');">¹³</span> If you hold [the same view] as R. Johanan b. Beroka,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That one has a right to assign all his estate to one of his legal heirs, V. supra 130a. ');">¹⁴</span>

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