Commentary for Gittin 99:9
ולרבא והתני אברם חוזאה אין נפרעין מנכסי יתומין אלא מן הזיבורית ואפילו הן ניזקין והא ניזקין דינן מדאורייתא בעידית
etc. What would a man naturally bring out in such a case? His least valuable articles. Why then did they [the Rabbis] say that a creditor should collect from medium property? So as not to place obstacles in the way of borrowers. Where orphans are concerned, however, they left the law as it was laid down in the Torah.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.K. 8a. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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