Commentary for Bava Batra 337:1

רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אף שטרי מקח וממכר אין כותבין וכן היה רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר הנותן מתנה לחברו והחזיר לו את השטר חזרה מתנתו וחכמים אומרים מתנתו קיימת

Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel said: Deeds of purchase and sale also [must] not be re-written.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is possible that the original deed was returned by the buyer to the seller who has thereby (in accordance with the view of Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel which follows) again acquired the land he sold. ');">¹</span> for thus said Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel: Where a person made a gift to his friend and [the latter] returned the deed to him, his gift [also is, thereby] returned.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Similarly, in the case of a sale, it is possible that the deed of sale was returned, and the land was, thereby, re-transferred from the buyer to the seller. Cf. previous note. ');">²</span> But the Sages say: His gift is valid. The Master had said, 'with the exception of its land security'; what is the reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why must the security be excluded from the duplicate. ');">³</span>

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