Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Bava Batra 350:8

ורבה אמר דבר תורה אחד מלוה בשטר ואחד מלוה על פה אינו גובה אלא מנכסים בני חורין מ"ט שעבודא לאו דאורייתא ומה טעם אמרו מלוה בשטר גובה מנכסים משועבדים כדי שלא תנעול דלת בפני לוין

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. 'Ullah said: [According to] the word of the Torah, either a loan [secured] by a bond or a verbal loan may be recovered from mortgaged property. What is the reason? — The hypothecary obligation [involved] is Biblical.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Deut. XXIV, 11. Every debt carries with it a pledge of the debtor's property in favour of the creditor. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Why then has it been said [that] a verbal loan may be collected from free property only? — On account of [possible] loss to the buyers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who might not be aware of the existence of the loan and would thus purchase property which might at any time be taken away from them. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Rabbi Dan's report in my name is correct, that when one person gives goods to another in order that the latter trade therewith and the former share in the profits, half of the value of such goods is considered a loan (the other half is considered a deposit), even to the extent that a Sabbatical year effects its cancellation. I always consider it a loan in every respect. The law that such half be considered a loan is stated in the Talmud without qualification (B. M. 104b). The stipulations of Raba are specific; they do not go beyond those mentioned by Raba.
R. Meir adds: Your requests, Rabbi Samuel and Rabbi Dan, that I forgive Rabbi Hananiah for his insults to me are granted. I fully absolve him of guilt.
SOURCES: P. 304; Pr. 973; Tesh. Maim. to Mishpatim, 12; Mord. B. M. 390.
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Teshuvot Maharam

Rabbi Dan's report in my name is correct, that when one person gives goods to another in order that the latter trade therewith and the former share in the profits, half of the value of such goods is considered a loan (the other half is considered a deposit), even to the extent that a Sabbatical year effects its cancellation. I always consider it a loan in every respect. The law that such half be considered a loan is stated in the Talmud without qualification (B. M. 104b). The stipulations of Raba are specific; they do not go beyond those mentioned by Raba.
R. Meir adds: Your requests, Rabbi Samuel and Rabbi Dan, that I forgive Rabbi Hananiah for his insults to me are granted. I fully absolve him of guilt.
SOURCES: P. 304; Pr. 973; Tesh. Maim. to Mishpatim, 12; Mord. B. M. 390.
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