Commentary for Bava Batra 188:5

הכי השתא התם ודאי מנה למר ומנה למר הכא מי יימר דלאו כוליה ערובי עריב

[also] says, 'the two hundred <i>zuz</i> are mine one <i>maneh</i> is given to the one,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this'. ');">⁷</span> and one <i>maneh</i> to the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this'. ');">⁷</span> and the remainder must lie until [the prophet] Elijah comes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Elijah the prophet, the herald of the Messianic era who is to make the truth known. The phrase is a technical term meaning 'indefinitely'. ');">⁹</span>

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