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Bava Batra 148: כֹּל לְגַבֵּי נַפְשֵׁיהּ – בְּעַיִן יָפָה מְשַׁיֵּיר

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As we have learned, matnat shekhiv mera is a present given by an individual who is on his death bed. Unlike other examples of property transfer where the most basic requirement demands that a formal kinyan – an act of transfer – take place, in the case of matnat shekhiv mera the Sages ruled that no such kinyan is necessary.

The power of the words of a dying man are taken seriously and have legal ramifications.

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