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But today, when we do not do this either when writing receipts, how can we avoid double collection of a loan? Rav Kahana said to him: The rabbis instituted taking this precaution. One who does what the rabbis instituted does it and protects himself from loss; and as for one who does not do so, he ha
Rava bar Rav Sheila said to those who wrote deeds of acquisition, i.e., deeds of sale or deeds of gifts for property they acquired: When you write deeds of acquisition after the acquisition was performed, if you know the day on which you effected the acquisition, write that date on the document. Bu
Rav said to his scribe, and Rav Huna said similarly to his scribe: When you are writing a document and you are situated in Shili, write that the document was written in Shili, and you should do so even if the matters were given over to you, i.e., the transaction attested to in the document took pla
§ Rava said: With regard to this one who is holding a promissory note of 100 dinars, and he says to the court: Prepare this note for me, i.e., exchange it, for two notes of 50 dinars each, so that if the debtor pays half the debt I will be able to give him one document and keep the other, we do n
What is the reason? The rabbis have performed a matter here that is beneficial to the creditor and is beneficial to the debtor as well. It is beneficial to the creditor to keep the promissory note with the larger sum so that he can coerce the debtor to repay him, as there is a greater incentive to