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they disagree with regard to a lender who needs the collateral, i.e., the lender wants to use the collateral and deduct the value of its use from the amount of the loan. One Sage, R' Akiva, holds that he is performing a mitzva in that he lent to him, and therefore he is considered a paid bailee. A
§ The Mishnah teaches that Abba Shaul says: It is permitted for a person to rent out a poor person’s collateral that was given to him for a loan, so that he shall set a rental price for it and thereby progressively reduce the debt, because this is considered like returning a lost item. Rav Ḥanan ba
Mishnah: With regard to one who was transporting a jug from one place to another and he broke it, whether he was an unpaid bailee or a paid bailee, if he takes an oath that he was not negligent he is exempt from payment. R' Eliezer says: Both this one, an unpaid bailee, and that one, a paid baile
Talmud: A baraita states: With regard to one who was transporting a jug for another person from one place to another and he broke it, whether he was an unpaid bailee or a paid bailee, if he takes an oath that he was not negligent, he is exempt from payment. This is the statement of R' Meir. R' Ye
The Talmud analyzes these opinions. Is that to say that R' Meir holds that one who stumbles is not considered negligent, but the victim of an accident? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: If one’s pitcher broke in a public place and he did not remove it from there, or if his camel fell and he did not