Commentary for Bava Metzia 129:13

אמר ליה רב ששת בריה דרב אידי לרב פפא מאי חזי מר דקא אזלת בתר דידך זיל בתר דידהו דאילו הוו להו זוזי הוו שקלי כי השתא השתא דלית להו זוזי שקלי כיוקרא דלקמיה

but this [a <i>sela'</i> per month] is its actual value; and as for his proposition, IF YOU PAY ME NOW [FOR THE YEAR], YOU CAN HAVE IT FOR TEN <i>SELA'</i> PER ANNUM, he is favouring him with a cheaper rent [than normal]. But in the second clause, the reference is to purchase, where the money is immediately due; therefore [the higher price] is payment for waiting, which is forbidden. Raba said: The Rabbis scrutinised this ruling, and based it on Scripture: As the hiring of a year in a year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 53. ');">⁹</span>

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