Commentary for Yevamot 72:1

ואמר ר"ל לעולם לא קנה עד שיאמר פלוני ופלוני ירשו שדה פלונית ופלונית שנתתים להם במתנה וירשום

And [in connection with this] Resh Lakish stated: No possession is ever acquired,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where two fields were given to two persons and the expression of 'inheritance was used together with that of 'gift'. ');">¹</span> unless the testator had said, 'Let X and Y inherit this and that particular field which I have assigned to them as a gift, so that they may inherit them'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both acquire possession of the respective fields because the testator had used the expression, 'which I have assigned to them as a gift', implying that the gift was made before it was assigned as an 'inheritance' (v. R. Gershom, B.B. 129a). ');">²</span> And the third<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and the other', the third ruling of Resh Lakish, which is an accepted halachah. ');">³</span>

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