Commentary for Bava Batra 293:4

א"ר זירא אמר רב מנין למתנת שכיב מרע שהיא מן התורה שנאמר (במדבר כז, ח) והעברתם את נחלתו לבתו יש לך העברה אחרת שהיא כזו ואי זו זו מתנת שכיב מרע

[which<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The superfluity of the expression of [H] or, according to others, of [H] ');">⁹</span> implies that] there exists another transfer which is [the same] as this [one]. And which is it? It is the gift of a dying man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the transfer of a father's estate to a daughter takes place without symbolic acquisition so does the transfer of the gift of a dying man. ');">¹⁰</span> R. Nahman in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha said: [It may be derived] from the following.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from here'. ');">¹¹</span>

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