Responsa for Eruvin 74:4
תא שמע האומר מעשר שיש לי בביתי מחולל על סלע שתעלה בידי מן הכיס רבי יוסי אומר מחולל
What reason, however, do you see for reversing two statements<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just cited: The purchase by a haber (Dem. VI) and the redemption of second tithe (M.Sh. IV) .');"><sup>10</sup></span> for the sake of one,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wine bought from Cutheans (cited from Tosef. Rem. VII, 4, supra 36b ad fin.)');"><sup>11</sup></span> [why not] reverse the one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wine bought from Cutheans (cited from Tosef. Rem. VII, 4, supra 36b ad fin.)');"><sup>11</sup></span> for the sake of the two?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just cited: The purchase by a haber (Dem. VI) and the redemption of second tithe (M.Sh. IV) .');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. Since B has been prevented, by death, from fulfilling his promise, he never became obligated to pay the 20*In some sources (Pr. 50, L. 355) the reading is “marks.” The discrepancy arose because of the similarity of the two Hebrew letters of Khaf and Beth, which stand for 20 and 2 respectively. The Cremona source and the Mord., however, used the word Esrim, 20, specifically. marks to A. Consequently his heirs owe nothing to A.
This question was also sent to R. Meir by his father, R. Baruch, who was one of the judges in this case.
SOURCES: Cr. 31; Pr. 50; Pr. 939; L. 355; Mord. B.M. 247; cf. Jacob Weil, Responsa 105; ibid. 142.
Teshuvot Maharam
A. Since B has been prevented, by death, from fulfilling his promise, he never became obligated to pay the 20*In some sources (Pr. 50, L. 355) the reading is “marks.” The discrepancy arose because of the similarity of the two Hebrew letters of Khaf and Beth, which stand for 20 and 2 respectively. The Cremona source and the Mord., however, used the word Esrim, 20, specifically. marks to A. Consequently his heirs owe nothing to A.
This question was also sent to R. Meir by his father, R. Baruch, who was one of the judges in this case.
SOURCES: Cr. 31; Pr. 50; Pr. 939; L. 355; Mord. B.M. 247; cf. Jacob Weil, Responsa 105; ibid. 142.