Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 59:16

אלא איכא בינייהו משום (ויקרא יט, טז) לא תלך רכיל בעמך רבי יוחנן אמר זכאי משום לא תלך רכיל

but otherwise, it is ofno value. If they [the heirs] saw their father hide money in a strong box,chest or store-room, saying, 'It belongs to so and so,' or 'It is for thepayment of the second tithe': if it [his statement] was by way of givingdirections, his words stand; but if it was in the nature of anevasion,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., as though he purposely told them this, so that they might not use it, or that they might not realise his wealth and indulge in extravagance. ');">¹⁵</span>

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