## Bava Batra Daf 149a

###### Bava Batra 149a:1
[Bava Batra 149a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/149a:1)

״יֵהָנֶה בָּהֶן״, מַהִי? דְּנֶיהְוֵי כּוּלְּהוּ מַתָּנָה קָאָמַר, אוֹ דִלְמָא לִיתְהֲנֵי מִינַּיְיהוּ מִידֵּי קָאָמַר? ״יֵרָאֶה בָּהֶן״, מַהוּ? ״יַעֲמוֹד בָּהֶן״, מַהוּ? ״יִשָּׁעֵן בָּהֶן״, מַהוּ? תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If a person on his deathbed says: So-and-so **shall benefit from** my property, **what is** the *halakha*? Is he **saying that all** of the property **shall be a gift? Or perhaps** he is **saying** that the recipient **shall derive some benefit from** the property. If he says: So-and-so **shall be seen in** my property, **what is** the *halakha*? If he says: So-and-so **shall stand in** my property, **what is** the *halakha*? If he says: So-and-so **shall rely on** my property, **what is** the *halakha*? The Gemara concludes: All these dilemmas **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Bava Batra 149a:2
[Bava Batra 149a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/149a:2)

אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: מָכַר כׇּל נְכָסָיו, מַהוּ? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: אִם עָמַד אֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר. וְזִימְנִין אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: אִם עָמַד חוֹזֵר. וְלָא פְּלִיגִי: הָא דְּאִיתַנְהוּ לְזוּזִי בְּעֵינַיְיהוּ, הָא דְּפַרְעִינְהוּ בְּחוֹבוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If a person on his deathbed **sold all of his property, what is** the *halakha*? **Rav Yehuda says** that **Rav says: If he recovers, he cannot retract** the sale. **And** at **times, Rav Yehuda said** that **Rav said: If he recovers, he can retract** the sale. **And** these statements **do not disagree. This** statement, that he can retract the sale, applies in a case **where the dinars** he received as payment **are** still **extant,** i.e., in his possession. **That** statement, that he cannot retract the sale, applies in a case **where he paid his debt with** those dinars.


###### Bava Batra 149a:3
[Bava Batra 149a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/149a:3)

אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: שְׁכִיב מְרַע שֶׁהוֹדָה, מַהוּ? תָּא שְׁמַע, דְּאִיסּוּר גִּיּוֹרָא הֲוָה לֵיהּ תְּרֵיסַר אַלְפֵי זוּזֵי בֵּי רָבָא. רַב מָרִי בְּרֵיהּ – הוֹרָתוֹ שֶׁלֹּא בִּקְדוּשָּׁה, וְלֵידָתוֹ בִּקְדוּשָּׁה הֲוַאי; וּבֵי רַב הֲוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: In the case of **a person on his deathbed who admitted** that he owed money to a certain person, where it was possible that he did not actually owe him money, **what is** the *halakha*? Does his admission qualify as the gift of a person on his deathbed? The Gemara answers: **Come** and **hear** a proof, **as Issur the convert had twelve thousand dinars** deposited in **the house of Rava. Rav Mari,** Issur’s **son, whose conception was not in** the **sanctity** of the Jewish people, i.e., he was conceived before his father converted, **but his birth was in** the **sanctity** of the Jewish people, i.e., he was born after his father converted, **was** in **a study hall** elsewhere when his father was on his deathbed.


###### Bava Batra 149a:4
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אָמַר רָבָא: הֵיכִי נִיקְנִינְהוּ רַב מָרִי לְהָנֵי זוּזֵי? אִי בִּירוּשָׁה – לָאו בַּר יְרוּשָּׁה הוּא. אִי בְּמַתָּנָה – מַתְּנַת שְׁכִיב מְרַע כִּירוּשָּׁה שַׁוְּיוּהָ רַבָּנַן; כׇּל הֵיכָא דְּאִיתֵיהּ בִּירוּשָׁה – אִיתֵיהּ בְּמַתָּנָה, כֹּל הֵיכָא דְּלֵיתֵיהּ בִּירוּשָׁה – לֵיתֵיהּ בְּמַתָּנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava** reasoned that he would acquire possession of the deposit for himself, as he **said: How can Rav Mari acquire these dinars? If** he attempts to acquire the money **as inheritance, he is not fit to inherit** from Issur. Since he was conceived before his father converted, he is therefore not halakhically considered his son. **If** he attempts to acquire it **as a gift, the Sages equated** the halakhic status of the **gift of a person on his deathbed with** that of **inheritance.** Therefore, **anywhere that** the property **can be** acquired **as inheritance, it can** also **be** acquired **as a gift,** and **anywhere that** the property **cannot be** acquired **as inheritance, it cannot be** acquired **as a gift.**


###### Bava Batra 149a:5
[Bava Batra 149a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/149a:5)

אִי בִּמְשִׁיכָה – לֵיתַנְהוּ גַּבֵּיהּ. אִי בַּחֲלִיפִין – אֵין מַטְבֵּעַ נִקְנֶה בַּחֲלִיפִין. אִי אַגַּב קַרְקַע – לֵית לֵיהּ אַרְעָא. אִי בְּמַעֲמַד שְׁלָשְׁתָּן – אִי שָׁלַח לִי לָא אָזֵילְנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If** he attempts to acquire the dinars **by pulling** them, which is a formal act of acquisition, he will not be able to do this, as the dinars **are not with him. If** he attempts to acquire them **by** means of symbolic **exchange,** a pro forma act of acquisition effecting the transfer of ownership of an article, **money cannot be acquired by** means of symbolic **exchange. If** he attempts to acquire them **by means of** the acquisition of **land,** Issur **does not have** any **land. If** he attempts to acquire them by means of verbal instruction made by his father **in the presence of** all **three** parties, i.e., the giver, the recipient, and the bailee, **if he sends for me,** the bailee, **I shall not go,** as without the presence of the bailee he cannot transfer ownership of the money.


###### Bava Batra 149a:6
[Bava Batra 149a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/149a:6)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב אִיקָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב אַמֵּי: אַמַּאי? וְלוֹדֵי אִיסּוּר דְּהָלֵין זוּזֵי דְּרַב מָרִי נִינְהוּ, וְלִיקְנִינְהוּ בְּאוֹדִיתָא! אַדְּהָכִי, נְפַק אוֹדִיתָא מִבֵּי אִיסּוּר. אִיקְּפַד רָבָא, אָמַר: קָא מַגְמְרִי טַעֲנָתָא לְאִינָשֵׁי, וּמַפְסְדִי לִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ika, son of Rav Ami, objected to this: Why** is Rav Mari unable to acquire the money? **But** why not **let Issur admit that these dinars are** owned **by Rav Mari, and he shall transfer** ownership of **them** to Rav Mari **by** means of a document of **admission? In the meantime,** a document of **admission** stating that the dinars belonged to Rav Mari **emerged from Issur’s house. Rava became angry,** and **said: They are teaching people** legal **claims and causing me loss.** In any event, this incident proves that the admission of a person on his deathbed is a valid means of transferring ownership.