Mesorat%20hashas for Taanit 41:6
אתא ההוא סבא תנא ליה האומר תנו שקל לבניי בשבת והן ראויין לתת להם סלע נותנין להם סלע ואם אמר אל תתנו להם אלא שקל אין נותנין להם אלא שקל
He replied: This is in accordance with the view of R'Meir who said: It is a duty to carry out the will of a dying man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And thus make it possible for others to inherit the residue of the estate on the death of the sons, v. Keth. 69b. uznd');"><sup>8</sup></span> It is related of Nahum of Gamzu<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' is mentioned in II Chron. XXVIII, 18 as the name of a place. Here it is not a name of a place but a cognomen and the Gemara explains it to od uz be the combination of 'also', and 'this'.');"><sup>9</sup></span> that he was blind in both his eyes, his two hands and legs were amputated - and his whole body was covered with boils and he was lying in a dilapidated house on a bed the feet of which were standing in bowls of water in order to prevent the ants from crawling on to him.
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