Commentary for Bava Batra 350:11

וכי תימא איפוך דרבה לעולא ודעולא לרבה והא אמר עולא דבר תורה בעל חוב דיניה בזבורית

Rabbah, however, said: [According to] the word of the Torah either a loan [secured] by a bond or a verbal loan may be recovered from free property only. What is the reason? — The hypothecary obligation [involved] is not Biblical.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.M. 114b. ');">¹⁸</span> Why then has it been said that a loan [secured] by a bond may be recovered from sold property? — In order that doors may not be locked in the face of borrowers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No man would consent to lend any money if no land security were available. ');">¹⁹</span>

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