Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 132:2

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן אין צריך לומר ראשון תלמיד חכם ושני עם הארץ אלא אפילו ראשון עם הארץ ושני תלמיד חכם יכול לומר לאחיך הייתי רוצה ליתן לך אי אפשי ליתן:

GEMARA. Our Rabbis taught: There was no need to state that where the first was a scholar and the second an am ha’aretz [the father-in-law] can say, but even where the first was an am ha’aretz and the second a scholar he may also say so. “I was willing to give to your brother but I am unwilling to give to you.”

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