Study Arakhin folio 31B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Rava said: Everyone agrees that uncertain interest is prohibited; and here, the dispute between R' Yehuda and the Rabbis concerns the permissibility of interest given on the condition that it will be returned. That is, in addition to the arrangement described in the baraita, the parties agreed tha
§ The Mishnah teaches: With regard to one who sells a house from among the houses of walled cities, if the seller died, his son may redeem the house from the buyer. The Talmud asks: This is obvious, as a son inherits his father’s property. The Talmud responds: Lest you say that when God states: “An
The Mishnah further teaches: If the buyer died, the seller may redeem the house from the possession of the buyer’s son. The Talmud asks: This, too, is obvious. The Talmud responds: Lest you say that God states: “Then the house that is in the walled city shall stand in possession of the one who b
§ The Mishnah teaches that if the buyer sold the house to another, one calculates the year only from the time that the owner sold the house to the first buyer, as it is stated: “And if it is not redeemed until the passage of a full year for him” (Leviticus 25:30). A baraita states: When the verse s
The Talmud asks: In such a case, if the owner did not redeem the house within one year of the first sale, to whom does it belong in perpetuity? R' Elazar says: It belongs in perpetuity to the first buyer. R' Yoḥanan says: It belongs in perpetuity to the second buyer. The Talmud asks: Granted, acco