Commentary for Bava Metzia 157:15

ת"ר השוכר את הספינה וטבעה לה בחצי הדרך ר' נתן אומר אם נתן לא יטול ואם לא נתן לא יתן

would be for ever; hence, when the law of Jubilee supervenes, it is not in perpetuity; thus excluding this [sale. viz., for sixty years], which, even in the absence of the law of Jubilee, is not for ever.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence Jubilee does not affect it, and when the mortgage expires, it reverts to the debtor, and his principal is not destroyed. ');">¹⁴</span>

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