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If he has only superior-quality and inferior-quality land, damages are paid from the superior-quality land, and payments owed to a creditor and payments of a woman’s marriage contract are made from the inferior-quality land.
The Talmud explains how this baraita poses a challenge: In any event, the baraita teaches in the middle clause: If he owns only intermediate-quality and inferior-quality land, payments for damages and payments owed to a creditor are made from the intermediate-quality land, and payments of a woman’
The Talmud rejects this: With what are we dealing here? This is a case where at the time the borrower took the loan he also had superior-quality land and he subsequently sold it. Accordingly, no matter how land is appraised, at the time that the loan was given his intermediate-quality land would b
And so says Rav Ḥisda: The baraita deals with a case where at the time he took the loan he also had superior-quality land and he subsequently sold it.
The Talmud notes: This too stands to reason, from the fact that another baraita teaches: If a debtor has only intermediate-quality and inferior-quality land, damages are collected from the intermediate-quality land, while payments to a creditor and payments of a woman’s marriage contract are made f