Commentary for Kiddushin 52:11

תא שמע מעשה ברבן גמליאל וזקנים שהיו באים בספינה אמר להם רבן גמליאל לזקנים עישור שאני עתיד למוד

But [it must mean] that the recipient is absent; then here too,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if sheep and barrels are meant literally.');">¹⁴</span> it means that the recipient is absent. Then he should have transferred it to him by another?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who would accept it on his behalf.');">¹⁵</span> - He could not rely thereon, fearing that the other would steal and consume it. Then what is meant by 'he had no other option'? - It means this: in view [of the fact] that he has no confidence [in a stranger], there is no other course but to transfer it in virtue of real estate. Come and hear: Rabban Gamaliel and some elders were once travelling in a ship. Said Rabban Gamaliel to the elders, 'Let the tenth which I am to measure out

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