Gittin 26

Chapter 26

א קסבר רב פפא כי אמר רב לא שנא במלוה ולא שנא בפקדון

1 — R. Papa was of opinion that Rab's dictum was meant to apply equally whether [the sum in question was] a loan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Though it cannot be regarded as being in the possession of the creditor, since the debtor is entitled to spend it. Consequently where a transfer is made by means of ma'amad shlashtan there would be no need for the money in question to be specially set aside.] ');">1

ב רב זביד מ"ט לא אמר כרב פפא לא מיתוקמא מתני' בשכיב מרע ממאי מדקתני האומר תנו גט זה לאשתי ושטר שחרור זה לעבדי ומת לא יתנו לאחר מיתה

2 or a deposit. Why did not R. Zebid adopt the view of R. Papa? — Because [the language of] the Mishnah is not consistent with [the theory that it speaks of a man on his death bed]. How do we make this out? — Because it says: IF A MAN SAYS, GIVE THIS GET TO MY WIFE AND THIS DEED OF EMANCIPATION TO MY SLAVE, AND DIES BEFORE THEY WERE GIVEN, THEY ARE NOT TO BE GIVEN AFTER HIS DEATH. The reason is that he died; had he continued alive, they would have been given. And the reason why we say this2

ג טעמא דמת הא מחיים נותנין טעמא דאמר תנו הא לא אמר תנו אין נותנין ושכיב מרע אע"ג דלא אמר תנו נותנין

3 is that he said 'Give' [and not merely 'write']; had he not said 'give', they would not have to be given,3

ד דתנן בראשונה היו אומרים היוצא בקולר ואמר כתבו גט לאשתי הרי אלו יכתבו ויתנו חזרו לומר אף המפרש והיוצא בשיירא

4 whereas in the case of a man on his death bed, although he did not use the word 'give', [the Get] is still to be given, as we learn [from the following Mishnah]: 'At first it was laid down that if a man was being led out in fetters [to execution] and said, "Write a Get for my wife", [the Get] was to be written and delivered. Later they laid down that the same rule applied to one who was leaving for a sea journey or joining a caravan [across the desert]. R. Simeon Shezuri said: It also applies to a man lying dangerously ill.'4

ה רבי שמעון שזורי אומר אף המסוכן

5 To this R. Ashi demurred: How do we know, he said, that our Mishnah adopts the View of R. Simeon Shezuri? Perhaps it adopts the view of the Rabbis.5

ו מתקיף לה רב אשי ומאן נימא לן דמתני' רבי שמעון שזורי היא דלמא רבנן היא

6 The text above stated: 'R. Huna said in the name of Rab: If a man says, You owe me a maneh, give it to So-and-so, [if he said this] in the presence of the third party, [the last-named] becomes legally entitled to it.' [Commenting on this,] Raba said, This dictum of Rab appears to be sound where [the money in question] is a deposit but not where it is a loan.6

ז גופא אמר רב הונא אמר רב מנה לי בידך תנהו לו לפלוני במעמד שלשתן קנה אמר רבא מסתברא מילתיה דרב בפקדון אבל במלוה לא והאלקים

7 But, by God! Rab said that it applies even where it is a loan. It has also been stated that Samuel said in the name of Levi: If a man says. You owe me some money, give it to So-and-so, [if he said so] in the presence of the third party. [the last-named] becomes the legal owner. What is the reason? — Amemar said: [The borrower in such case] is regarded as having pledged himself at the time of borrowing the money to repay it either to the lender or to anyone coming on his behalf. Said R. Ashi to Amemar: But on your showing, if the lender transferred the debt to children who had not yet been born when the loan was made, they would not acquire possession?7

ח אמר רב אפילו במלוה אתמר נמי אמר שמואל משמיה דלוי מלוה לי בידך תנהו לו לפלוני במעמד שלשתן קנה

8 For even according to R. Meir, who said that it is possible to transfer possession of things that do not yet exist,8

ט וטעמא מאי אמר אמימר נעשה כאומר לו בשעת מתן מעות שעבדנא לך לדידך ולכל דאתו מחמתך

9 [the transference must be] to something that is existing, not to something that does not yet exist: The truth is, said R. Ashi,

י א"ל רב אשי לאמימר אלא מעתה הקנה לנולדים דלא הוו בשעת מתן מעות הכי נמי דלא קנו

יא דאפילו לר"מ דאמר אדם מקנה דבר שלא בא לעולם ה"מ לדבר שישנו בעולם אבל לדבר שאינו בעולם לא

יב אלא א"ר אשי

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