Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 290:6

תנו רבנן עשה עמו בפומבי ובקש לעשות עמו בצנעא יכול לומר לו בפומבי אעשה עמך כדרך שעשית עמי עשה עמו בבתולה ובקש לעשות עמו באלמנה יכול לומר לו בבתולה אעשה עמך כדרך שעשית עמי

may tell him, 'At a public [wedding] I will act for you as you have acted for me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a person need only reciprocate under conditions similar to those under which service was rendered to him. If, therefore, he is asked to act under different conditions he may refuse, and there is no obligation on his part either to reciprocate the gifts or to come to the wedding. ');">²⁸</span> If he rendered service to one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.supra n. 4, ');">²⁹</span> [who married] a virgin, and he [now] desires [the latter] to reciprocate<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 7' ');">³⁰</span> [on the occasion of his marriage] with a widow he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.. supra n. 8. ');">³¹</span> can say to him, '[At your marriage] with a virgin I will act for you as you acted for me'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a person need only reciprocate under conditions similar to those under which service was rendered to him. If, therefore, he is asked to act under different conditions he may refuse, and there is no obligation on his part either to reciprocate the gifts or to come to the wedding. ');">²⁸</span> If he rendered service to one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.supra n. 4, ');">²⁹</span>

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