Commentary for Bava Batra 343:2

אמר להו רבא בר רב שילא להנהו כתבי שטרא אקניאתא כי כתביתו שטרי אקניאתא אי ידעיתו יומא דקניתו ביה כתבו ואי לא כתבו יומא דקיימיתו ביה כי היכי דלא מתחזי כשקרא

he who does not act [accordingly] has himself to blame, for any loss suffered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The provision was made by the Rabbis for the benefit of debtors who may wish to benefit by it. No man, however, is compelled to carry out a provision which was enacted solely in his own interests. ');">⁴</span> Raba son of R. Shila said to those who were writing deeds of transfer:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] deeds of gifts, or deeds of sale in which land security is entered. (Cf. Rashb.). Jastrow's definition is. 'An agreement by which one's landed estate is mortgaged in the form of a sale from date, independent of the loan to be consummated afterwards.' [Since agreement was accompanied by a kinyan from which the deed subsequently drawn up obtains its name. V. Rappaport. J., Das Darlehen, p. 70 ff.] ');">⁵</span> When you write deeds of transfer enter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'write'. ');">⁶</span>

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