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If a seriously ill person drafted a sickbed will in which he distributed all his property, it takes effect after his death, and no further action is needed. What happens if he also performed a symbolic acquisition and wrote about it in his will?
Rav says that he is "riding on two steeds," giving his will both the power of a sickbed bequest and of the gift of a healthy person. Shmuel, however, says that he may have intended the acquisition to take effect after his death, and gifts cannot be given after death.
we continue to explore the halachic status of terminally ill as well as Death, Burial, and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity by Jon Davies and Jung’s attitudes to death.