Commentary for Bava Batra 345:12

תנא דידן סבר כותבין שטר ללוה ואף על פי שאין מלוה עמו זימנין דאזיל לגבי ספרא וסהדי ואמר להו כתבו לי שטרא דבעינן למיזף מיוסף בן שמעון חברי ובתר דכתבי וחתמי ליה נקיטא ליה ואמר ליה הב לי מאה דיזפת מינאי

[because] it might have been assumed [that], as they pilfer from one another, they are [all] particularly alert<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In watching one another. ');">³⁴</span> and should not [therefore] require to produce proof;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apart from the presentation of the bond. The fact that one of them is actually holding it should be sufficient proof that it belongs to him. ');">³⁵</span> hence [it was necessary] to teach us [that it is not so].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But that brothers as well as strangers must produce proof of lawful acquisition. ');">³⁶</span>

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