Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 112:5

וכל היכא דכתיב ידו לאו ידו ממש הוא והתניא (שמות כב, ג) אם המצא תמצא בידו אין לי אלא ידו גגו חצירו וקרפיפו מנין ת"ל אם המצא תמצא מ"מ

they are subject to the law of overreaching. But surely that is obvious! — It is to reject R. Kahana's view, that overreaching does not apply to [a purchase involving only] perutahs; therefore we are taught that overreaching does apply to perutahs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For normally the value of the paper of a person's bills could only be a matter of perutahs, and would not amount to an issar. ');">⁹</span> SACRED OBJECTS-Scripture saith, <i>One man shall not defraud</i> his brother:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14: this is the literal translation. ');">¹⁰</span>

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