Commentary for Bava Batra 346:6

אלא בי דינא דפרסאי דלא יהבי טעמא למילתייהו

— [This,] however, [is the objection]: [Is not this ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The exemption of the guarantor from payment where the debtor himself is available. ');">⁹</span> like that of] a Persian court of law [the judges of] which do not give [any] reason for their decisions?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'words'. As the decisions of a Persian court of law are arbitrary, so is the ruling which exempts a guarantor from payment where the debtor is available though destitute. Of what use is the guarantee if the guarantor cannot be called upon to pay where the debtor himself is unable to meet his obligation! ');">¹¹</span>

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