Commentary for Bava Metzia 227:10

אשכחיה רבה בר אבוה לאליהו דקאי בבית הקברות של עובדי כוכבים א"ל מהו שיסדרו בב"ח א"ל גמר מיכה מיכה מערכין גבי ערכין כתיב ואם מך הוא מערכך גבי ב"ח כתיב (ויקרא כה, לה) וכי ימוך אחיך

thus excluding <i>hekdesh</i> [as a creditor], which does not require [the merit of] righteousness. Rabbah b. Abbuha met Elijah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was believed that Elijah often appeared to saintly men. ');">¹⁹</span> standing in a non-Jewish cemetery. Said he to him: Is a means test to be applied in favour of a debtor? — He replied: We deduce [the law of] poverty [written here] from that of 'valuations'. In respect of 'valuations' it is written, <i>But if he be poorer than thy valuation</i> […<i>according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him</i>]. Whilst of a debtor it is written, And if thy brother be waxen poor [… <i>then thou shalt relieve him</i>].

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