Responsa for Bava Batra 282:12
ולימא ליה במבשרני אי הכי דקתני סיפא ואם אין שם יורש אלא הוא יורש הכל אי במבשרני יורש מאי עבידתיה
— [It is possible to] say that R. Johanan b. Beroka has been heard [to hold the view only where possession is given] to that which is [already] in the world;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one of the sons already born. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> [but] did he say [that the same law applies also] to that which is not in the world!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., an embryo. Hence the authorship of our Mishnah remains unknown. ');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. One of the witnesses to a document subsequently became related to the beneficiary named in the document.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
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