Commentary for Bava Batra 103:4
ואיכא דאמרי הכי א"ל אי אמידא לך עשה כפירושה ואי לא עשה פירוש לפירושה:
'If he has taken from a child, he should invest it for him.' How invest it? — R. Hisda said: He should buy with it a scroll of the Law;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that he may learn from it, and thus obtain a kind of interest on the investment while the principal is secure. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> Rabbah son of R. Huna said: He should buy with it a date tree, of which the child can eat the fruit.
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