Commentary for Bava Batra 335:6

כותבין שטר למוכר אף על פי שאין לוקח וכו': פשיטא לא צריכא במוכר שדהו מפני רעתה:

— [This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the borrower, in whose interest the loan is made, must pay the fee of the scribe. ');">¹⁵</span> would] not [have been] required [except] in [the case of a loan for] merchandise on shares.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] a loan for trading purposes the profits of which are shared by the borrower and lender, (v. supra 70b). Though the latter also benefits from the profits, the fee, as in the case of any ordinary loan, must be paid by the borrower. ');">¹⁶</span> A DEED [OF SALE] MAYBE WRITTEN FOR THE SELLER IN THE ABSENCE OF THE BUYER etc. [Is not this] obvious?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the buyer is to pay the scribe's fee. ');">¹⁷</span>

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