Commentary for Shevuot 96:1

שהבן גובה בין בשבועה ובין שלא בשבועה והאב אינו גובה אלא בשבועה היכי דמי דמת לוה בחיי מלוה

for the son exacts payment either with an oath or without an oath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The lender's heir exacts payment from the borrower's heir with an oath (that his father had told him that the debt was not yet paid) , or without an oath, if there were witnesses that the father had said before he died that the debt was unpaid (supra 45a) .');">¹</span> whereas the father exacts payment only with an oath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the borrower's heirs.');">²</span>

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