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as it is satisfactory for the master that the work habits of his slave not be undone.
Rava said to him: This statement of Rav Daniel applies when the one who seizes the slave is not owed money by the owner of the slave. But since the Master is owed money by the owner of the slave, this has the appearance of interest, as Rav Yosef bar Minyumi says that Rav Naḥman says: Even though the
§ Abaye said: In the case of this one, who was owed a dinar of interest by another, and wheat was going for the price of 4 se’a [gerivei] for a dinar in the market, and the borrower gave the lender 5 se’a of wheat as the interest payment, when we, the court, remove the interest the lender took fro
And Abaye said: In the case of this one, who was owed 4 dinars of interest by another, and the borrower gave him a cloak as payment for it, when we take the interest from the lender we take 4 dinars from him, but we do not take the actual cloak from him, as the giving of the cloak is considered a
Rava further said: Consider the case of this one, who was owed 12 dinars of interest by another, and the lender rented a courtyard from the borrower that was generally rented for 10 dinars, but he rented it to him with the price inflated to 12 dinars. The borrower agreed to forgo the entire rental