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Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: If the debtor has property, in both this case and in that case, i.e., whether the guarantor is a standard guarantor or an unconditional guarantor, the creditor cannot collect the debt from either type of guarantor.
Rabba bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan says: Wherever Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel taught a halakha in the corpus of our Mishnah, the halakha is in accordance with his opinion, except for the following 3 cases: The responsibility of the guarantor, and the incident that occurred in the city of Tzaidan (se
§ The Talmud discusses which expressions confer upon a person the status of a standard guarantor, and which confer the status of an unconditional guarantor. Rav Huna says that if one says to a potential creditor: Lend money to him and I am a guarantor, or: Lend money to him and I will repay the deb
If one says: Give money to him and I am an unconditional guarantor, or: Give money to him and I will repay the debt, or: Give money to him and I am obligated to repay the debt, or: Give money to him and I will give the money back to you, all these are expressions that confer the status of an uncond
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: What is the halakha if one says: Lend money to him and I am an unconditional guarantor? On the one hand, the word lend is used, as opposed to give, but on the other hand, he explicitly states that he will be an unconditional guarantor. What is the halakha if