Commentary for Yevamot 71:16

ואם אמר משום ירושה לא אמר כלום כתב בין בתחלה בין בסוף בין באמצע משום מתנה דבריו קיימין

his instructions are disregarded.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he said nothing'. One has no right to give instructions which are contrary to the law of the Torah which entitled every son to a portion and the firstborn to a double portion in the father's estate. ');">³⁹</span> If he wrote<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In disposing of his property in a written will. ');">⁴⁰</span> either at the beginning or the end or the middle, 'as a gift',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., used an expression denoting 'gift', even though it was accompanied by one denoting 'inheritance'. If he wrote, for instance, let a certain field (a) be presented to X that he may inherit it (beginning), or (b) inherited by X and be presented to him that he may inherit it (middle), or (c) be inherited by X and be presented to him (end). ');">⁴¹</span> his instructions are valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.B. 126b. V. supra note 6. So long as the expression of 'gift' was used, the other expression of 'inheritance' that may have been coupled with it, does not in any way affect the validity of the testator's instructions. ');">⁴²</span>

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