Related 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.8 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'.');">9 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.

Tosefta Ketubot

A man who says: "Give a shekel from my estate to my sons per week", but they are appropriate to receive a sela (=2 shekalim), they give to them a sela [since his intention was to give them enough per week, a shekel was a random amount]. But if he said: "Give them only a shekel", they only give them a shekel [since he was more specific]. If he said: "If they die, others should inherit me", whether he said "Give..." or "Give only...", they only give them a shekel [since there are others who stand to lose out if the sons get more money per week from the estate]. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Meir used to say: A man who says, "Give a shekel per week to my sons" and they are appropriate to receive a sela, they give them a shekel, and for the rest they are supported from tzedakah; but Hakhamim say: They are fed [from the estate] until they use up the estate, but for anything beyond that, they are supported from tzedakah.

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