Commentary for Bava Batra 102:8
תנו רבנן אין מקבלין פקדונות לא מן הנשים ולא מן העבדים ולא מן התינוקות קבל מן האשה יחזיר לאשה ואם מתה יחזיר לבעלה קבל מן העבד יחזיר לעבד ואם מת יחזיר לרבו
Our Rabbis taught: Pledges should not be taken either from women or from slaves or from children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because there is a probability that they have stolen the articles pledged or deposited. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> If one has taken a pledge from a woman, he should return it to her;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because we do not assume that she has stolen it. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> if she dies, to her husband. If one has taken a pledge from a slave, he should return it to the slave, or, if he dies, to his master.
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