Commentary for Bava Metzia 125:4
אמר רבא שמע מינה מדר' אושעיא תלת שמע מינה דמעמידין מלוה על גבי פירות ולא אמרינן דלא כאיסרו הבא לידו הוא וש"מ הוא דיש לו וש"מ איתא לדרבי ינאי
[So in the Mishnah.] And what is meant by 'IF A MAN PURCHASED'? He purchased against his debt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus: A owing a gold denar to B, credited him with a kor of wheat for it, which was the current price; then the kor appreciated to 30 denarii, and A credited B with wine to the value of 30 denarii. Actually Raba's explanation coincides with Rabbah's (supra 62b); this is particularly evident from the reading of R. Han. and Alfasi, given p. 374, n. 4, in which Raba uses the same words as Rabbah; Raba merely quotes R. Oshaia's dictum to dispose of the difficulties urged against Rabbah's explanation, as is seen in the deductions he makes: v. n. 2. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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