Commentary for Bava Batra 348:13

בנו שאני וצורבא מרבנן שאני

[some] bundles [of valuables] at the outset, he would not have accepted [any responsibility whatsoever].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Knowing full well that the creditor would exact payment from him. Hence, he cannot recoup himself from the orphans while they are still minors. Cf. p. 767. n. 15 end. ');">³⁶</span> AND SO SAID R. SIMEON B. GAMALIEL: WHERE [A MAN] IS GUARANTOR FOR A WOMAN IN [RESPECT OF] HER <i>KETHUBAH</i> ETC. Moses b. Azri was guarantor for the <i>kethubah</i> of his daughter-in-law. Now his son, R. Huna, was a scholar but in poor circumstances.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and the thing was pressing him'. ');">³⁷</span> Said Abaye: Is there no one who would go and advise R. Huna to divorce his wife, so that she might go and collect her <i>kethubah</i> from his father, and then re-marry her?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And thus come into the possession of some money. ');">³⁸</span>

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