Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 71:15

אמר רבא הלכתא כוותיה דר"ל בהני תלת חדא הא דאמרן אידך דתנן המחלק נכסיו על פיו ריבה לאחד ומיעט לאחד והשוה להם את הבכור דבריו קיימין

and gave to one [son] more and to another less, or if he assigned to the firstborn a share equal to that of his brothers,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he made the firstborn equal to them', though Biblically he is entitled to a double portion. ');">³⁶</span> his arrangements are valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'his words stand', because a man is entitled to dispose of his property, as a gift, in any manner that may appeal to him. ');">³⁷</span> If, however, he said, 'As an inheritance',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if he distributed the shares as portions of an inheritance and not as gifts. ');">³⁸</span>

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