Commentary for Bava Batra 268:2

הא נמי תנינא מי שאמר בשעת מיתתו יש לי בנים נאמן יש לי אחים אינו נאמן

'A person who declared at the time of his death, 'I have sons', is believed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And his wife is exempt from levirate marriage. ');">³</span> [If he declared], 'I have a brother', he is not believed'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra n. 6. Why, then, should the same law be repeated in our Mishnah? ');">⁴</span>

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