Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Metzia 67:16

הא מדקתני גבי שוכר ואמר וגבי שואל קידם ש"מ דוקא קתני מידי גבי הדדי תניא

— R. Papa can answer you: Is this stronger than our Mishnah, which states, HE PAYS, yet we interpreted it as meaning, he declares [that he will pay]; so here too, it means that he says [that he will pay]. How compare? There [in our Mishnah] it is not stated that 'he hastens', whilst here it says, 'he hastens'! — What is the meaning of 'he hastens'? He hastens to promise. But since [the teaching] in respect of a hirer is stated, 'and he says' [that he will pay], whilst [that] in respect of a borrower is stated, 'and he hastens'; this proves that it is stated advisedly [so]! — Were they then taught together?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They are separate Baraithas, and therefore the phraseology of one does not illumine the other. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>

Maharam Schiff on Bava Metzia

3. A Borrower that said I will pay etc. By the other's (the paid and unpaid watchman) its not enough for him (Rav papa) to say the language that (the watchmen said) behold I will be paying, for he wants to teach us the (Halchik) rule (that the caretaker buys the right to the double etc) even if he (the watchman) said I was negligent.
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