Quotation for Bava Kamma 203:15
ורב הונא כי לא אמרינן אין סדר למשנה בחדא מסכתא אבל בתרי מסכתות אמרינן ורב יוסף כולה נזיקין חדא מסכתא היא
[applies also] here; it was therefore made known to us that [in this] case the <i>halachah</i> is in accordance with the individual. (What statement of R. Joshua b. Karhah is referred to? — That which was taught: 'R. Joshua b. Karhah says that a debt [recorded] in an instrument should not be collected from them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., from idolaters during the three days immediately before their religious festivals, as this might be a cause of special rejoicing to them and for offering additional thanksgiving to their idols, v. A.Z. 6b. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah
One understands “to lend;” “to borrow” from them? Because he increases his reputation. One understands “to give them loans;” “to ask them for loans”? Because he increases his reputation. One understands “to pay debts to them;” “to accept payment from them”? That he should not say, his pagan worship had helped him45Babli 6b.. Rebbi Abba bar Tevelai in the name of Rav: If it was a loan in danger of being lost it is permitted. It was stated thus: A loan in danger of being lost, by witnesses. A loan not in danger of being lost, by document46Babli Bava qamma102a.. Even a loan by document is in danger of being lost, for not at all times does a person succeed in liquidating his debt47Quoted in Tosaphot 2a, s.v. ולפרוע.. How is this? A loan not in danger of being lost, by pledge. A loan in danger of being lost, not by pledge. It was found following the former [opinion]: A loan in danger of being lost, by witnesses. A loan not in danger of being lost, by document.
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