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due to its poor quality. In other words, he was eager to sell not due to financial pressure, but because he wanted to get rid of this low-value field. His persistent demands for every last dinar are due to his fear that the buyer will change his mind and cancel the transaction.
The Talmud discusses a similar case. It is obvious that if one wants to sell his property for 100 dinars but does not find a buyer, and in actuality he sells property for 200, and goes in and goes out for money, the buyer has not acquired the field, as it is clear that the seller performed the tran
§ The Mishnah teaches that if one hired a donkey driver or a potter and they reneged, and the goods would be lost, he may hire other workers at a higher price at the former’s expense, or deceive them to make them agree to return to work. The Talmud asks: Up to what amount may he hire at their expens
Rava raised an objection to Rav Naḥman: But it was taught in a baraita that he can hire at their expense for up to 40 or 50 dinars. Rav Naḥman said to him: When that baraita is taught it is with regard to a case where the bundle has come into his possession, i.e., the original worker left his too
Mishnah: With regard to one who rents a donkey to lead it on a mountain but he led it in a valley, or one who rents a donkey to lead it in a valley but he led it on a mountain, even if this path is 10 mil and that one is also 10 mil, and the animal dies, he is liable. With regard to one who rent