Commentary for Bava Metzia 33:20

מאי שנא מהא דתנן מצא שטרי חוב אם יש בהן אחריות נכסים לא יחזיר

for it happens that a person talks like this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is a common thing for a person to refuse when pressed to do something he had volunteered to do, although he may do it later of his own accord. This attitude is not so insolent or obstinate as that involved in the refusal to take a compulsory oath. ');">¹⁹</span>

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