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And if he brought 50-tenths in one vessel and 50 in one vessel, he fulfilled his obligation. One can infer from the baraita that after the fact, if he had brought 50-tenths in each vessel, yes, he fulfilled his obligation, but he may not do so ab initio. And if it should enter your mind to say that
The Talmud dismisses R' Zeira’s objection: How can these cases be compared? There, in the case of the meal-offering, it is clear to us that this person initially intended to bring a large offering, and the reason that he said he will bring the offering in two vessels was that he knew that it is not
The Talmud concludes: And the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rav Yosef in 3 matters where he disagreed with Rabba: In the matter of dividing a field between brothers (see 12b); in the matter of whether certain actions are limited by the court session or by the topic of discussion in th
§ The Talmud cites additional incidents concerning a gift whose method of division was not specified: There was a certain man who sent swaths of silk to his home as a gift. R' Ami says that in such a case, those swaths that are suitable for the sons’ garments are given to the sons, and those that a
There was a certain man who said to those surrounding him: I leave my property to my sons [levanai], and he had only a son and a daughter. The question was raised: Do people call a single son in the plural: My sons, and in his will he came to remove his daughter even from the tenth of his property