Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Batra 294:3

ומי אמר רב נחמן הכי והא אמר רב נחמן אע"ג דאמר שמואל המוכר שטר חוב לחבירו וחזר ומחלו מחול ואפילו יורש מוחל מודה שמואל שאם נתנו במתנת שכיב מרע דאינו יכול למוחלו

Samuel, [nevertheless]. admits that if he presented it to him as the gift of a dying man, he cannot [subsequently] remit it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.K. 92a; B.M. 20a; Kid. 38a. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> [Now]. if it is agreed'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'you said'. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> that [this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The validity of the verbal gift of a dying man. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> is] Biblical, one can well understand the reason why one cannot remit [the debt]; if, however, It is maintained<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'you said'. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

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