Responsa for Bava Batra 312:4

אמר להן בני רוכל תקברם אמן וכו': מאי טעמא קא לייט להו אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל מקיימי קוצים בכרם היו ורבי אליעזר לטעמיה דתנן המקיים קוצים בכרם רבי אליעזר אומר קדש וחכמים אומרים לא קדש אלא דבר שכמוהו מקיימין

piece of land near Jerusalem and gave the following instructions:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and said', ');">¹⁰</span> "Its northern side [shall be given] to X, and [together] with it a hundred sheep and a hundred casks; and its southern side [shall be given] to Y, and together with it a hundred sheep and a hundred casks". And when he died the Sages carried out his instructions'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Eliezer assumed that the Meronite was a dying man, when he disposed of his property. and since he was compelled to transfer possession by means of land, it is to be inferred that the mere verbal instructions of a dying man have no legal force. How, then, R. Eliezer argued, could the Sages maintain that the verbal disposition of his estate by a dying man is legally valid? ');">¹¹</span> They<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sages. ');">¹²</span>

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