איתמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל הלכה כותבין ונותנין וכן אמר רבא אמר רב נחמן הלכה כותבין ונותנין:
[so] here also [the testator's motive may be known] when he declared, 'Also write, and sign, and deliver to him.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' in which case the testator clearly indicated that the gift was independent of the written deed, the purpose of which was only to strengthen the beneficiary's claims.
');"><sup>4</sup></span> It was stated: Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel: The <i>halachah</i> is that [the deed of a gift] is written and delivered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the testator's death; if it was ascertained (as R. Johanan stated, supra) that the purpose of the deed was to strengthen the beneficiary's claim.
');"><sup>5</sup></span> And Raba in the name of R. Nahman said likewise: The <i>halachah</i> is that [the deed] is written and delivered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the testator's death; if it was ascertained (as R. Johanan stated, supra) that the purpose of the deed was to strengthen the beneficiary's claim.
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Rashbam on Bava Batra
The time on the deed. For it is written at its beginning such and such day of Shabbat, Ploni asked us to witness and make an act of acquisition from me to Ploni my son, after my death.
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Rashbam on Bava Batra
It supports it. That from time the gift started, for if you say otherwise, then the time in the deed was written for naught. But certainly it was written to tells us that it was acquired on that day. And thus the Halakha is according to Rav Yossi, for if he writes that he acquires it after death even though he does not write from today, for Rav says that the Halakha is according to Rav Yossi. And even though it is written in Gittin 85b, Rav made a ruling that divorces take effect when handed over, to exclude Rav Yossi who says it takes effect on the date on the deed. But it was not stated explicitly there in Gittin that Rav changed his mind from that which he stated that the Halakha is according to Rav Yossi. But because it says that he made a ruling, it means that regarding divorces, since it does not involve an acquisition, for that reason he made a ruling to be more flexible because of the strict nature of sexual restrictions. But with regards to financial matters the Halakha is according to Rav Yossi. For one can say that Rav only said that the Halakha is according to Rav Yossi only for deeds that involve an acquisition. ...
