Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Batra 296:5

אם בנמלך מת קנו כולן עמד אינו חוזר אלא באחרון ודלמא עיוני קא מעיין והדר יהיב סתמיה דשכיב מרע מידק דייק והדר יהיב

[if] he recovered, he may only withdraw in [the case of] the last,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because with the last gift, the dying man left nothing for himself. In the case of all the previous gifts there was always something over. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> But is it not possible that he merely considered the [matter]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When pausing to think, he may not have been considering whether to give or not but only what to give. In which case his mind was made up from the beginning to distribute all his estate and, consequently. he should he able to withdraw all the gifts he made. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> and then gave [the further gifts]? — It is usual for a dying man carefully' to consider [the whole matter] first and subsequently to distribute [the gifts].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And since the man was pausing for reflection, after every gift he made. it is obvious that it was not his first intention to distribute all his estate. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>

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