Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra 8.7

משנה: הָאוֹמֵר זֶה בְנִי נֶאֱמָן זֶה אָחִי אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן וְיִּטּוֹל עִמּוֹ בְחֶלְקוֹ. מֵת יַחְזְרוּ נְכָסִים לִמְקוֹמָן. נָפְלוּ לוֹ נְכָסִים מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר יִירְשׁוּ אֶחָיו עִמּוֹ. מִי שֶׁמֵּת וְנִמְצָא דִּיָיתֵיקֵי קְשׁוּרָה עַל יְרֵיכוֹ הֲרֵי זוֹ אֵינָהּ כְּלוּם. זִיכָּה בָהּ לְאַחֵר בֵּין מִן הַיּוֹרְשִין בֵּין שֶׁאֵין מִן הַיּוֹרְשִׁין דְּבָרָיו קַיָימִין.

MISHNAH: He who says, this is my son, is to be believed. This is my brother, he is not to be believed but he shall split his part with him; if he dies the properties shall return to their origin. If he received property from another source, his brother shall inherit with him. If somebody died and a will was found tied to his hip, this is nothing. If in it he transferred property to another, whether of the heirs or not of the heirs, his words are confirmed.

הלכה: הָאוֹמֵר. זֶה בְנִי. נֶאֱמָן כול׳. אִם הָיוּ מוּחְזָקִין בּוֹ שֶׁהוּא בְנוֹ וּבִשְׁעַת מִיתָתוֹ אָמַר. אֵינוֹ בְנִי. וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ בְנוֹ אָמַר. בְּנִי. נֶאֱמָן. הָיָה עוֹמֵד בְּצַד הַמּוֹכֵס וְאָמַר. בְּנִי הוּא. וְחָזַר וְאָמַר. עַבְדִּי הוּא. נֶאֱמָן. עַבְדִּי הוּא. וְחָזַר וְאָמַר. בְּנִי הוּא. אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. נֶאֱמָן. אָמַר רִבִּי מָנָא. כְּגוֹן אִילֵּין נַפַּתָּאֵי דִמְשַׁעְבְּדִין בִּבְנֵיהוֹן יָתִיר.

HALAKHAH: “He who says, this is my son, is to be believed,” etc. If it was the general belief that he was his son, but at the moment of his death he said, he is not my son, or about one not his son he said, he is my son, he is believed. If he stood near the toll collector and said, he is my son and then changed and said, he is my slave, he is believed. He is my slave, and then said, he is my son, he cannot be believed. Some Tannaïm state, he is to be believed. Rebbi Mana said, for example those Nabateans who particularly use their sons as slaves.

הָאוֹמֵר. יִינָתְנוּ נְכָסַיי לִפְלוֹנִי. וְהוּא כֹהֶן וְהָיוּ שָׁם עֲבָדִים. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָמַר. אֵי אֶיפְשִׁי בָהֶן. יֹאכְלוּ עֲבָדָיו בַּתְּרוּמָה. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁאָמַר. אֵי אֶיפְשִׁי בָהֶן. זָכוּ בָהֶן הַיּוֹרְשִׁין. אָמַר רִבִּי לָא. בִּסְתָם חֲלוּקִין. מָה נָן קַיָימִין. אִם דָּבָר בָּרִיא שֶׁרוֹצֶה בָהֶן כָּל עַמָּא מוֹדוּ שֶׁיֹּאכְלוּ עֲבָדָיו בַּתְּרוּמָה. וְאִם דָּבָר בָּרִיא שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה בָּהֶן כָּל עַמָּא מוֹדוּ שֶׁזָּכוּ בָהֶן הַיּוֹרְשִׁין. אֶלָּא כִי נָן קַיָימִין בִּסְתָם. וְרַבָּנִין סָבְרִין. מִשָּׁעָה רִאשׁוֹנָה הָיָה רוֹצֶה בָהֶן וְעַכְשָׁיו חָזַר בּוֹ. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר. מְכֵּיוָן שֶׁאָמַר. אֵי אֶיפְשִׁי. זָכוּ בָהֶן הַיּוֹרְשִׁין.

“If somebody said that all his property should be given to X, a Cohen, and [the estate] contained slaves, even if [the Cohen] said ‘I cannot have them’ they eat heave. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel said, since he said ‘I cannot have them’, the heirs acquired them.” Rebbi La said, they disagree if he did not specify. How do we hold? If it is clear that he wants them, everybody agrees that his slaves may eat heave. If it is clear that he does not want them, everybody agrees that the heirs acquired them. But we deal with the case that he did not specify, where the rabbis think that at the start he wanted them and then he changed his mind. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel said, since he said ‘it is impossible for me’, the heirs acquired them.

תַּנֵּי. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר. דִּיָיתֵיקֵי מְבַטֶּלֶת דִּיָיתֵיקֵי אֵין מַתָּנָה מְבַטֶּלֶת מַתָּנָה. רִבִּי אַבָּא בַּר חָנָה. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן וְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ תְּרֵיהוֹן אָמְרִין. כָּל שֶׁאִילּוּ יַבְרִיא וְיַחֲזוֹר בְּדִיָיתֵיקֵתוֹ חוֹזֵר אַף בְּמַתָּנָתוֹ. כְּהַהִיא אַחְתֵּיהּ דְּרִבִּי חוֹנְיָיא כִּתְבַת נִיכְסָהּ לְרִבִּי חוֹנְיָיא. צִרְכַת וְזִבְנַת לְבַעֲלָהּ. מִן דְּדִמְכַת אֲתַא בָעֵי מֵיעוֹר עִימֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. וְלָמָּה לָא תְבַעְתִּינּוֹן בְּחַיֵּיהָ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. לָא בְעִית מֵעִיקְתָּהּ. אַף עַל פִּי כֵן אַפִּיק רִבִּי אִמִּי.

It was stated: “Rebbi Simeon ben Gamiel says: A will invalidates a will, a gift does not invalidate a gift.” Rebbi Abba bar Ḥana: Rebbi Joḥanan and Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish both are saying that in any case where he can invalidate his will if he recuperates, he also can repeal his gift. As the following: Rebbi Onias’s sister wrote her property over to Rebbi Onias. She needed money and sold it to her husband. After she died, he came to protest against him. He asked him, why did you not claim it during her lifetime? He answered, I did not want to cause her pain. Nevertheless, Rebbi Immi removed it.