Commentary for Gittin 59:7
מתו צריך ליטול רשות מן היורשים אם הלוון בפני ב"ד אינו צריך ליטול רשות מן היורשין:
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN LENDS MONEY TO A PRIEST OR A LEVITE OR A POOR MAN ON CONDITION THAT HE CAN RECOUP HIMSELF FROM THEIR DUES,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that he may set apart for them what would be their share', i.e., instead of paying them their dues, heave-offering, tithe, or poor-man's tithe, respectively, he would utilize them as part or whole payment of his debt. He would sell the heave-offering to another priest, since it is forbidden to a lay Israelite, whilst he would retain the tithe or poor-man's tithe for himself, after having set aside the 'heave-offering of the tithe' which too is forbidden to a lay Israelite.] ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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