Commentary for Bava Batra 101:12

שלח רב הונא בר אבין המוכר שדה לאשתו קנתה

because [we presume that] a man would not readily place himself in the position of 'a borrower who is a servant to the lender.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. Prov. XXII, 7. Hence if we can find any other explanation of his action we adopt it. ');">²³</span> R. Huna b. Abin sent [the following message:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylonia. ');">²⁴</span> 'If a man sells a field to his wife, she becomes the legal owner,

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