Commentary for Bava Batra 343:14
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ההוא שטרא דנפק לבי דינא דרב הונא דהוה כתיב ביה אני פלוני בר פלוני לויתי מנה ממך
AND IF [THEIR NAMES] ARE [ALIKE] TO THE THIRD [GENERATION], THEY ADD<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'they shall write'. ');"><sup>35</sup></span> [SOME PERSONAL] DESCRIPTION;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as Joseph etc. the tall, the short, black, brown. ');"><sup>36</sup></span> AND IF THEIR [PERSONAL] DESCRIPTIONS ARE ALIKE THEY WRITE, 'PRIEST'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one of these was a priest, or some similar patronymic. e.g.. Levite. ');"><sup>37</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. In a certain bond that was presented at the court of R. Huna there was [the following] entry:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'written'. ');"><sup>38</sup></span> 'I.X, son of Y, borrowed from you<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The name of the creditor not being entered, and the holder of the bond claiming that the pronoun referred to him. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> a maneh'.
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