Commentary for Bava Batra 296:4

אמר רב יוסף בר מניומי אמר רב נחמן שכיב מרע שכתב כל נכסיו לאחרים רואין אם במחלק מת קנו כולן עמד חוזר בכולן

[if] he recovered he may withdraw in [the case of] all of them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he left nothing for himself, in which case, as stated in our Mishnah, he may withdraw the gifts he made in the expectation of death. ');">⁹</span> If, [however,] he did it after consideration,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if his intention at first was not to give away all his estate, and only after giving a portion to one he reconsidered the matter and made the gifts to the others. ');">¹⁰</span> [then if] he died, all of them acquire possession;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if no legal acquisition took place. since the verbal gift of a dying man is legally valid. ');">⁸</span>

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