Commentary for Bava Metzia 5:8

אי נמי התם קניס ליה רבי יוסי לרמאי כי היכי דלודי הכא מאי פסידא אית ליה דלודי

that the money should be retained till 'the coming of Elijah', how much more readily would he decide so in our case [where it can be assumed that only one of the disputants is entitled to have the garment]? — The Mishnah can still be in agreement with R. Jose. For in his case one of the disputants is bound to be a fraud,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As they both claim to have deposited the 200 zuz, and it is only right to make the fraudulent person suffer. ');">⁷</span>

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