Commentary for Bava Batra 152:9

וכי לצור על פי צלוחיתו הוא צריך אמר לי אין לצור ולצור

holds the opinion that [by this]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., by saying. 'Pull'. ');">²⁴</span> he was merely indicating to him a [suitable] place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The buyer, having acquired the ship by mesirah, is told by the other: 'You may remove (pull) it at once into your own grounds'. ');">²⁵</span> R. Papa said: He who sells a bond to his friend must also give him in writing [the following statement]: 'Acquire it and all rights<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'obligation', 'pledge'. ');">²⁶</span> contained therein'. R. Ashi said: When I quoted this law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'something heard'; usually a traditional law or decision. ');">²⁷</span> in the presence of R. Kahana I said unto him: '[possession of the debt is acquired accordingly] only because he has written for him in this manner, but had he not so written, no possession would be acquired, — does one then require [a bond] to use as a stopple for his bottle?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to tie, or to wrap, round the mouth of his bottle or flask.' Surely a bond is bought for the sake of the rights it contains; not for the purpose of being used as a mere scrap of paper. ');">²⁸</span> He said unto me: 'Yes, just<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to wrap and to wrap'. ');">²⁹</span> to use it as a stopple.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consequently, if the price given is higher (by a sixth or more) then the actual value of the piece of paper, the buyer may recover his money by returning the bond to the seller. ');">³⁰</span>

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