Commentary for Bava Metzia 39:7

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי שטרי ברורין הכא תרגמו שטרי טענתא רבי ירמיה אמר זה בורר לו אחד וזה בורר לו אחד:

IT SHALL REMAIN WITH HIM UNTIL ELIJAH COMES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For all time, or until the truth is ascertained. Cf. supra p. 6, n. 2. ');">¹⁹</span> IF THERE ARE NOTES OF CANCELLATION AMONG THEM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If there are any notes found attached to the documents showing that the debts referred to in the documents have been paid or cancelled. ');">²⁰</span> ONE MUST ABIDE BY THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the debts referred to in the documents are assumed to have been paid, and although the notes of cancellation, or receipts, should have been held by the borrower, it is assumed that the lender had them merely as a result of neglect or forgetfulness. ');">²¹</span>

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