Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Batra 304:5

רב אמר ראשון קנה הרי היא כמתנת בריא ושמואל אמר שני קנה הרי היא כמתנת שכיב מרע

to another,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this', presenting to him all his estate. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> Rab said: The first acquires [its] ownership; while Samuel said: The second acquires [its] ownership. Rab said, 'the first acquires [its] ownership' for<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Owing to the delivering of the deed to the donee, which Rab holds has the same effect as symbolic acquisition. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> it is like the gift of a person in good health;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which cannot be withdrawn. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> while Samuel said, the second acquires [Its] ownership', for it is like the gift of a dying man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And since it can be withdrawn if the testator recovered, it may also be withdrawn while he is still on his deathbed. Hence it was within the rights of the testator to present it to the second who, consequently, acquires its ownership. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>

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