In our Talmudic passage, Ketuvit 67b, Mar Ukva was allowed to give away half his money to charity because the limit of 1/5th only applies in one's own lifetime. Is half the limit, or is there no limit? Different readings of this. And a discussion of the issue of disinheritance in general, including an article in Tradition and Rav Schachter's response.
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