Commentary for Bava Metzia 163:5
לימא בדלא שוי משכון שיעור זוזי ובדשמואל קא מיפלגי דאמר שמואל האי מאן דאוזפיה אלפא זוזי לחבריה ואנח ליה קתא דמגלא עילוייהו אבד קתא דמגלא אבדו אלפא זוזי
Shall we say [that the dispute arises] when the pledge is not worth the money lent, and that they differ in regard to Samuel's dictum? For Samuel said: If a man lends his neighbour a thousand <i>zuz</i>, and the latter deposits the handle of a saw against it, If the saw handle is lost, the thousand <i>zuz</i> is lost.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shebu. 43b. Thus, R. Akiba agrees with it; whilst R. Eliezer maintains, since the pledge is not worth the loan, it must have been meant merely as evidence of the loan. But if the pledge is worth the loan, all agree that it is a security, and therefore, if lost, the loan too is lost. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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