Commentary for Ketubot 166:5

ואימא מירושה אמר אביי מיתה שכיחא מכירה לא שכיחא וכי מסליק איניש נפשיה ממילתא דלא שכיחא ממילתא דשכיחא לא מסליק איניש נפשיה רב אשי אמר בנכסייך ולא בפירותיהן בנכסייך ולא לאחר מיתה:

So say he renounced his rights to inheritance. Abaye said: Death is common, sale is not common, and when a person renounces his rights, he does so from something that is not common. But from something that is common, he does not renounce his rights. R. Ashi replied: [The husband's renunciation was] “on your property” but not their usufruct; “on your property” but not after your death.

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