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מענינא לענינא; הכי נמי, דקמו והדר יתיבו. והלכתא כוותיה דרב יוסף בשדה, ענין ומחצה.
from discussing that matter to discuss a different matter, so he can no longer renege on his decision. So too, according to Rabba, one can explain that Rav Yehuda was referring to a case where they arose and then sat down again. Although no support for Rav Yosef’s opinion was adduced from Rav Yehuda’s ruling, the Talmud nevertheless states: And the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rav Yosef in the disputes concerning the division of a field, discussed above (12b), reneging while they are discussing the same matter, discussed here, and a half of one’s property, discussed below (143a).
האשה את בנה וכו׳. הא תו למה לי? הא תנא ליה רישא: האיש את אמו, והאיש את אשתו!
§ The Mishnah teaches that a woman bequeaths to her son, her husband, and her maternal uncles, but she does not inherit from them. The Talmud asks: Why do I need this as well? But it is already taught in the former clause: A man inherits from his mother and a man inherits from his wife. The halakha stated in this clause seems to be the same as that of the other clause.
הא קא משמע לן – דאשה את בנה, דומיא דאשה את בעלה; מה אשה את בעלה – אין הבעל יורש את אשתו בקבר, אף אשה את בנה – אין הבן יורש את אמו בקבר, להנחיל לאחין מן האב.
The Talmud answers: This teaches us that the halakha of a woman who bequeaths to her son is similar to that of a woman who bequeaths to her husband: Just as with regard to a woman who bequeaths to her husband, the husband does not inherit property through his wife while he is in the grave, i.e., if a husband predeceases his wife, then his relatives, such as children from another marriage, do not inherit the wife’s property through him but rather the wife’s own relatives inherit her property, so too, the same halakha applies with regard to a woman who bequeaths to her son, that the son does not inherit property through his mother while he is in the grave in order to bequeath to his paternal brothers. In both cases, the woman’s own relatives inherit her property.