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BAVA METZIA (IYUN)

Bava Metzia 4b โ€” Iyun

Can You Swear an Oath Over a Mortgaged Field?

Part of Bava Metzia (Iyun) · 37:24

A detailed sugya on oaths relating to land mortgages, the d'oraisa-versus-derabbanan debate over the mortgage's status, and how shlichus functions as a continuous legal action.

Audio Transcript
Gemaraโ€™s Rule on Swearing Over Land Mortgages

Yes, around 7:00. Here the Gemara in ื‘ื‘ื ืžืฆื™ืขื ื“ืฃ ื“ ืขืžื•ื“ ื‘, the Gemara goes into this inyan of the ื›ืœืœ ืื™ืŸ ื ืฉื‘ืขื™ืŸ ืขืœ ื›ืคื™ืจืช ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. And when a person is chayav a shvuah, but if the shvuah, the dispute, that is chayav the shvuah deals with karka, with land, then you don't swear. We learned about from all of the klalim, we learn it from the pasuk, that you don't swear. Like if a person is a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, and the din is every time you're a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช you're chayav a shvuah, you have to swear. But if it's a case that has to do with karka, you don't swear. Or it has to do even with money, but there's a shtar there of the money, and every time you owe money through a shtar, you could go collect from the ืงืจืงืข, ื“ืžืžื™ืœื that means that this also involves karka and you're patur. Okay. So Tosafos has a kashya here: ืื™ืŸ ื ืฉื‘ืขื™ืŸ ืขืœ ื›ืคื™ืจืช ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. ื•ืื ืชืืžืจ ืœืžืืŸ ื“ืืžืจ ื‘ืคืจืง ื’ื˜ ืคืฉื•ื˜ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช ื”ื˜ืขื ื” ืœืžื” ื ืฉื‘ืข? ื”ื ืื™ื›ื ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช! So that's the sheilah, how is there bichlal according to this shita the whole metzius of a shvuah by a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช? Why not? If you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, which means like this, let me explain it. There's a machloket in the

The Debate: ื“ืึธืจื™ื™ืชื vs. ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ Mortgage Law

Gemara whether ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื or not. The fact that your property is mesh ubad for your loan, if you owe someone money, all your property, real estate, is mesh ubad to that loan. Mortgaged. Mortgaged. It's a machloket whether it's a din de'oraita, din derabbanan, this is what it means. The bottom line is, the fact is, only a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ you could collect from the mesh ubadim. Only if you have a loan on a shtar, then you could go and collect, not only from the karka of the person that owes the money, even if he had karka and he sold it to somebody else, you're able to go to the buyer, to the ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช, and take it away. But if it's a loan ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”, there's no ืฉื˜ืจ, then you cannot go. You can go to the guy who sold it, okay, but you can't go to the ืงืจืงืข that was sold to somebody else. The machloket is, is this ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื or is it ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ? One sevara is to say that ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, if you hold this ืฉื™ื˜ื” ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื there is no difference between a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ and a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”. In both cases, you could go and collect from the ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ื™ื. ื”ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ื™ื are the ืงืจืงืข that were sold. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ were the ones that came and said that they took away the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ that's there by a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”, because of they call it ืคืกื™ื“ื ื“ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช. Imagine a person's going to buy a field, and all of a sudden they're going to come and take it away. Mimeila if it's a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ, the ื—ื›ืžื™ื said a ืฉื˜ืจ ื™ืฉ ืœื• ืงื•ืœ, so people know. So you'll investigate, you'll find out before you buy a piece of land, you'll find out and you'll know. It's called the title, title search, you'll be able to do it. But if it's a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”, it doesn't have a ืงื•ืœ, so you won't be able to know, so you'll buy a field and somebody will come and take it away. So what's going to be the end? First of all, the guy's going to lose. Second of all, people will be afraid to buy property, to buy land, because they'll never know if it's going to be taken away. So that's why the ื—ื›ืžื™ื said on ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”... If it's ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, how could the ืจื‘ื ืŸ make such a ืชืงื ื”? They could. We'll get into that, but this is what, this is a ืฉื™ื˜ื” that ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“... If ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, it means ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื you could collect from the land whether it's a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ or a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ were the ones that came and said that a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”, we took away because of helping the ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช. If you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, it's complete opposite. That means ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื there is no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื no loans has a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ of the ืงืจืงืข, the land. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ said that if there's a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ, they added this ื“ื™ืŸ of ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. According to the first way, they took off the ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ by a ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืขืœ ืคื”. According to the, with the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, they added a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. So Tosafos says, according to the ืกื‘ืจื ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“... ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, that means ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, any loan is a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. So anytime you have a dispute with somebody, automatically you're dealing with ืงืจืงืข, because no matter what, whether it's a loan that's ื‘ืขืœ ืคื” or a loan that's ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ, there is ืงืจืงืข that's backing this loan. So if you're a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, in any case, whenever you're a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, you're dealing with ืงืจืงืข. So you never could swear. So how is there a ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœืœ that the Torah should tell you a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช swears? Because there's always ืงืจืงืข. So Tosafos's answer: ื™ืฉ ืœื•ืžืจ ืฉืžื—ืœ ืขืœ ื”ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. In a case where only, in other words, according to this ืฉื™ื˜ื”, the whole ื“ื™ืŸ, everyone who ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช swears, very seldom! Only if the guy was ืžื•ื—ืœ the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. The ืžืœื•ื” has a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, the lender has a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ of your ืงืจืงืข, so it's possible he should be ืžื•ื—ืœ, \"I don't want the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“.\" Now a person could do that. You could be ืžื•ื—ืœ money, too. If I owed you money, you could be ืžื•ื—ืœ my money, so you could be ืžื•ื—ืœ the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. And... ืžื—ื™ืœื” verbally? Yeah, he's saying to him, \"I'm ืžื•ื—ืœ your ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“,\" and then there is no more involvement of ืงืจืงืข, you could swear. ืื™ ืฉืื™ืŸ ืœื• ื›ืœืœ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช ืœืžืฉืขื‘ื“. The guy doesn't have any land! He doesn't have it. What happens if the ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช is he has no land? Then there's no ืงืจืงืข involved. So according to the ืฉื™ื˜ื” of ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, the whole ื“ื™ืŸ of ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช swear is only in such a case. Then Tosafos continues, ืื‘ืœ

Rabbi Yochanan on Oaths and the Korban for Default

ืœืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื“ืืžืจ ืืคื™ืœื• ื‘ืคืจืง ืฉื‘ื•ืขืช ื”ืคืงื“ื•ืŸ, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ says, there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืœื’ื‘ื™ ืงืจื‘ืŸ, it's ืงืจื‘ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” if a person is ื›ื•ืคืจ ื‘ืคืงื“ื•ืŸ, a person denies a ืคืงื“ื•ืŸ that you have, and then you swear, so then you have to bring a korban. So Rabbi Yochanan says like this: if it's a loan that doesn't have a ืฉื˜ืจ, then you're ื—ื™ื™ื‘ a korban if you swore that you don't owe it, and then you're found to be lying, you're in it. Why? Because to bring a korban is only there's a shevuah. If this there's a loan that has no ืฉื˜ืจ, only ืขื“ื™ื, then there is no ืงืจืงืข involved. Because we said by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” there is no ืงืจืงืข. If there's no ืงืจืงืข, then you there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. So, the only time you're able to bring a korban for ืฉื‘ื•ืขืช ื”ืคืงื“ื•ืŸ, is if it was concerning a loan without ืงืจืงืข. But if it ื™ืฉ ืœื•, without ืฉื˜ืจ, because then there's no ืงืจืงืข. If ื™ืฉ ืœื• ืฉื˜ืจ, ืคื˜ื•ืจ. If it has a ืฉื˜ืจ, then you're ืคื˜ื•ืจ, ืžืฉื•ื ื“ื›ืคื™ืจืช ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. Because if there is a ืฉื˜ืจ, automatically there is the backing of ืงืจืงืข. If there's backing of ืงืจืงืข, there's no ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. So if there's no ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”, there's no ื“ื™ืŸ ืงืจื‘ืŸ. So basically what they're saying here is that Rabbi Yochanan makes the ื—ื™ืœื•ืง ืœื’ื‘ื™ ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” between a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” and ืžืœื•ื” ื‘ืฉื˜ืจ. And ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช, ืืฃ ืขืœ ื’ื‘ ื“ืกื‘ืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. Rabbi Yochanan we know holds ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. So according to Rabbi Yochanan, the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข is in all cases, whether it's a ืฉื˜ืจ or not. So how does Rabbi Yochanan make a ื—ื™ืœื•ืง, and say only by a ืžืœื•ื” without a ืฉื˜ืจ, that's when there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”, but the ืžืœื•ื” with a ืฉื˜ืจ, there is no ื“ื™ืŸ? There should be no ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” ืืคื™ืœื• by a ืžืœื•ื” without a ืฉื˜ืจ, because ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. And for this, ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืฉื•ื ืฉื”ืคืงื™ืขื• ื—ื›ืžื™ื ื”ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”. By the time of Rabbi Yochanan's time, already the ื—ื›ืžื™ื had taken away, even if you hold ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, so ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื it's by everything. ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ took away the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ by a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, ืžืฉื•ื ืคืกื™ื“ื ื“ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช, because they shouldn't lose. ื—ืฉื™ื‘ ื›ืื™ืœื• ืžื—ืœ ืœื• ื”ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“. So ืžืžื™ืœื, since the ื—ื›ืžื™ื took it away, it's considered as if you were ืžื•ื—ืœ. See, Tosefos before couldn't say that. When Tosefos had the first kashya, well how could there be a ื“ื™ืŸ of ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช? That's a kashya on the Torah. How could the Chumash say ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช has to swear, there's not ืฉื™ื™ื›ื•ืช. If ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, it's not you can't answer, \"Well, the ื—ื›ืžื™ื took it off.\" The kashya is before the ื—ื›ืžื™ื. In the Torah how does it? But Tosefos the second kashya is a kashya on Rabbi Yochanan. So Rabbi Yochanan when he said it, even though he holds ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, that means ื‘ืขืฆื even a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” there's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข, so ื‘ืืžืช he shouldn't have a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. But when Rabbi Yochanan said it already the Chachamim took off already. So there's no more ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข. But Tosafos likes to werter it, this is what's going to be the ืคืœื here. Tosafos says since the Chachamim took it off, ื—ืฉื™ื‘ ื›ืื™ืœื• ืžื—ืœ ืœื• ื”ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“. So it's like he was mochel, and when you're mochel there's no ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. Why does The kashya is, why does Tosafos have to add these few words? Why doesn't Tosafos say very simple, the Chachamim took off the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช, so there's no more ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช? Tosafos says the Chachamim took off ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, u'memela it's considered as if you were mochel. Who cares that that you're mochel it? There is no more ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ because the Chachamim took it off. It's ืฉื•ื•ืืœ ืชืขืฉื”. Isn't ืฉื•ื•ืืœ ืชืขืฉื”? In ื“ื™ื ื™ ืžืžื•ื ื•ืช isn't the only ืฉื•ื•ืืœ ืชืขืฉื”? In ื“ื™ื ื™ ืžืžื•ื ื•ืช, the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ have to they can do anything. But ืืคื™ืœื• ืฉื•ื•ืืœ ืชืขืฉื” don't pay. There's no Don't collect from the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื™ื. But they still have the the the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“, even if you don't collect from them. Well, see that we'll see in a second. This is going to what we're going to go into. Lichorah, the she'eilah is why does he say this extra word that it's considered as if he was mochel? So we have to say that this is what Tosafos is learning: in the ื“ื™ืŸ that when the Chachamim

Why Tosafot Adds the โ€œMochalโ€ Clause After Chachamim Removed the Mortgage

took off the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“, you could learn two ways. You could learn that the Chachamim took away the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“, and now there's no more ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช, and the Chachamim have a right to take away. Or you can say that the Chachamim did not, or don't want to, or can't take away the ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“. All they could do is they could say, \"Don't pay.\" That's what they could say. Because we have a klal, another thing, that the chachamim have no right, can't have an effect on the cheftza, they can only do on the gavra. In other what they're saying it's basically it's all taken from a Nesivos. Nesivos says that when a person does an ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’, doesn't need a kaparah. Chesed LaAvraham is moiche, why not? You did why chesed if you do an ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’ you need a kaparah, we all know that. A chatas, it's all kind And an ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ you say you don't need? But Chesed LaAvraham explains by de'oraita If the Torah says something is not it's asur, the object is asur. This is treif, yeah, if something is treif, this is treif, it's ne'esar. So whether I ate it beshogeg or bemezid, like someone says poison won't hurt me if I didn't know. I didn't realize it's poison, but it's gonna hurt me. It's poison, it's poison, same thing here. I ate something treif and I need kaparah, I need it. The rabbanan when they said something is asur, they have no koach to change the cheftza. So if they say milk that cholov akum is asur, they didn't say this becomes, using the chasidishe term they didn't make it ืฉืœื•ืฉ ืงืœื™ืคื•ืช ื”ื˜ืžืื•ืช, it's not What they said was the chachamim have a right to tell the people what to do. So they could tell him the gavra, you can't eat this. You can't eat this. A ื‘ืขืœ ื—ื•ื‘ can't say it's not a get, it's really a get. Yeah. No, if it it it doesn't This is not about if. This is if you hold the shita, you're right. So if you hold this way, the chachamim cannot change the cheftza, they can only act the person. It's not a pshat, I mentioned many times it's not a pshat. In Tanya is mashma not like that, cause in Tanya, when he gives an example is that someone eats ื˜ืจื™ืคื” food, ื‘ืœื ื”ื•ื“ืข, ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’, even if it's ืืกื•ืจ only ืžื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, it goes into ืงืœื™ืคื” and even if you use the ื›ื— that you have from that food to davven or learn, it doesn't go up and it says yet until Mashiach, whatever. But you could do No, cause it's teshuvah like anything. From ื˜ืจื™ืคื” food you could also do teshuvah. But he mentions ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, it's mashma that even ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ is an ืื™ืกื•ืจ on the ื—ืคืฆื. Whatever the Rogatchover said is you know there's everybody writes against it and in Tanya he says, it's a peshat, whatever. ืขืœ ื“ืจืš ื–ื” you could say here also that according to this you could say that ืจื‘ื ืŸ have no right to change the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. The ืงืจืงืข is ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ to me, ืจื‘ื ืŸ can't say it's not ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“. All they could say is the ื’ื‘ืจื. They could say to the person: you can't collect from that. You could tell the guy you don't have to give it. They tell the ืœืงื•ื—, the one who bought the field, don't give it. And we have to listen to ื—ื›ืžื™ื. ื—ื›ืžื™ื tells the guy, you want to collect it, there's a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ there, but we don't we don't want you to collect. And there is such a thing bichlal, it'll come out a strange thing, that something is ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ to me and at the same time I can't take it. It's mine and I can't take it. On clear title also. So, but we find that by a lot of things. And then the other shiur I explained ื‘ืืจื™ื›ื•ืช. You'll find a lot of examples where we find that we divide the ื—ื™ื•ื‘ into two parts: you owe the money and then you have to pay. There are two things. The best re'iyah remember I gave is from ืžื›ื™ืจืช ืฉื˜ืจื•ืช that says if you sell a ืฉื˜ืจ, he owes me money and I have a ืฉื˜ืจ he owes me money, and I sell the ืฉื˜ืจ to him, now he owes him. I have a right to be ืžื•ื—ืœ the ื—ื•ื‘ and that's it, now it's gone, right? I have to pay him because I'm a ืžื–ื™ืง, that's something else, but right? So the question is: makes no sense. If I sold it, so now you owe it to him. You have to give it to he has to give I'm out of the picture, how could I be ืžื•ื—ืœ? The answer is like this: we divide it. The ื—ื™ื•ื‘ is to me, but paying you have to pay him. In other words, he has the the ื“ื™ืŸ to collect from you, but the ื—ื™ื•ื‘ the ื—ื™ื•ื‘ is mine. Since it's mine, I can be ืžื•ื—ืœ. So they explain because the ืจื‘ื ืŸ make took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ there's a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข, ืจื‘ื ืŸ didn't take it off, they can't take it off according to this ืกื‘ืจื. But what they could do is to the ื’ื‘ืจื. The other way to learn is no, ืจื‘ื ืŸ have yeah have a right, especially when it comes to ืžืžื•ื ื•ืช, to money matters, ื”ืคืงืจ ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ื”ืคืงืจ, the Torah gives the ื—ื›ืžื™ื the ื›ื— to take money that's yours and give it to him. So they have such a ื›ื— like that. So here there are two ways to learn. Actually, there's a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ืจืืฉื•ื ื™ื in before in the Gemara which is ื‘ืืžืช ืชืœื•ื™ in these two ways. What's the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช? The ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช before is like this: that's called Rav Chiya, it's not of Rav Chiya, ื—ื™ื™ื ืงืžื™ื™ืชื, it's a ื“ื™ืŸ of Rav Chiya. ื—ื™ื™ื we spoke about that the other week. What did Rav Chiya say? Like this: We know there's a ื“ื™ืŸ of ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช. If I say you owe me a $100, you say oh, you owe me 50, you're a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, you're ื—ื™ื™ื‘ a ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. Then Rav Chiya comes with another case: I tell you you owe me a $100, you say I don't owe you a penny. You're a ื›ื•ืคืจ ื”ื›ืœ. But we have two ืขื“ื™ื who come and say we know that you owe 50. So Rav Chiya says this is like a a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช. Even though he wasn't ืžื•ื“ื”, but it's like a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช. And ืžืžื™ืœื ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”? And ืžืžื™ืœื ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. That's the ื—ื™ื“ื•ืฉ of Rav Chiya ืงืžื™ื™ืชื, that you're ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”. What did the ืขื“ื™ื say? The ืขื“ื™ื said you owe 50. How do they know that you owe 50? So there's a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ืจืืฉื•ื ื™ื. Rashba and Ritva they all say the ืคืฉื˜ is the ืขื“ื™ื came and said that we know that you borrowed 50. We don't know whether you paid or not, but we know you borrowed. So Rav Chiya says when this case happens the 50 that the ืขื“ื™ื say you have to pay, like a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, when you're ืžื•ื“ื” 50 you have to pay, and the rest you swear. Same thing here. So the Rashba and the Ritva and the Ran, they say this is the case: the ืขื“ื™ื come and said we saw you borrowed. That's it. He claimed, I never borrowed. What we do is we combine the two. You the ืขื“ื™ื say he for sure borrowed. He says I never borrowed. ื›ืœ ื”ืื•ืžืจ ืœื ืœื•ื™ืชื™ ื›ืื•ืžืจ ืœื ืคืจืขืชื™. If he says I didn't borrow, that means he admits that he didn't pay. So what do we do between the two? You have to pay, so you have to pay the 50 that What would be a case where the ืขื“ื™ื come, not only do they say we know you borrowed, we know you borrowed and we know you didn't pay. We know clearly you didn't pay. It would should be the same thing, also, like a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช, so to say. The Rashba says, no, here, Rabbi Chiya wouldn't say you swear. And he gives a reason why. Because, no, not claims, because when they say this, you could collect, it's ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ื™ื, you collect from the ืงืจืงืข, but he claimed he didn't borrow. So who cares what he says? Two ืขื“ื™ื say that you did. Two ืขื“ื™ื say you did, it's a ืžื•ื“ื” ื‘ืžืงืฆืช. He's not ืžื•ื“ื”, he says, I either ื›ื•ืคืจ ื”ื›ืœ. But when two ืขื“ื™ื say that you borrowed and you didn't pay, it's also it's like the same case of Rabbi Chiya, but they say there's a reason why this wouldn't work. Why? Because in this case where the ืขื“ื™ื say clearly you owe the money, you could go and collect from the ืงืจืงืข. So how could you swear if you don't swear by ืงืจืงืข? ืžื™ืœื the first way where ืขื“ื™ื didn't say you owe, how do we know that he owes? We combine what the ืขื“ื™ื said with what he is ืžื•ื“ื”. If he is ืžื•ื“ื”, you can't go to the ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช. You can't go to the buyers and say, give it to us. How do you know he owes? What do you answer? Oh, because he said so. It's all based on what he said. His being ืžื•ื“ื” cannot affect the buyers. You could be ืžื•ื“ื” for yourself, ื”ื•ื“ืืช ื‘ืขืœ ื“ื™ืŸ for yourself, you can't affect somebody else. So in the case where two ืขื“ื™ื come and say we know you owe, the ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช have nothing to answer. How do you know he owes? How do you know he owes? The two ืขื“ื™ื. But the other case where the ืขื“ื™ื don't know if he owes, so the only way we know that he owes, we accept his being ืžื•ื“ื” that he didn't pay. So that you can't collect from ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช. So that's why they say the whole ื“ื™ืŸ of Rabbi Chiya could only be in a case where the ืขื“ื™ื don't say we know you owe, because if they say we know you owe, there's no ืฉื‘ื•ืขื”, because it's ืงืจืงืข. Then on, then comes the Birkat Yosef and says, no, it's in that case also. This is whether the ืขื“ื™ื say we know that you owe or not, both cases, even if they say you owe. Correct? There's a ื”ื’ื”ืดื” he says the Rashba says ืื™ื‘ืขื™ืช ืื™ืžื. So if if it's a case where the ืขื“ื™ื say we know that you owe, how do they know? We saw you borrow and you never, the last week and the whole week you were with us and we saw you didn't pay. Ai the kashya is in such a case you could collect from the ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช, ื•ืžื™ืœื you're dealing with ืงืจืงืข. So he says, but after the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off by, you know, and we're talking about ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, there's no ืฉื˜ืจ, because if it would be a ืฉื˜ืจ there wouldn't be a dispute, you have a ืฉื˜ืจ, so there's no ืฉื˜ืจ. So by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. So now there is no more ืงืจืงืข. So this case could be even a case where they say clearly that you owe, and you still won't be able to collect from the ืงืจืงืข because the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took that off. Sounds like a very good teretz in Birkat Yosef, that nowadays there's no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. How come the Rashba doesn't learn like that, how come the Rashba wouldn't learn like that? Why does the Rashba say clearly that it's not? The Rashba knows that in the in the time of Rabbi Chiya there was no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช already by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took it off. How does he say that if we know for sure that he owes through the ืขื“ื™ื, you could collect from the ืงืจืงืข? The answer is this is a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช. The Rashba learns that even though the ืจื‘ื ืŸ said that there is no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on the ืงืจืงืข by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, they didn't take off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ de jure, they didn't, the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ is still there, there is a din of ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. What does it mean that the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off? They said even though there is ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, you don't pay. But there is a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on the ืงืจืงืข. A ืฉื™ื˜ื” that the Birkat Yosef learns, he will learn that when the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took it off, they took it off. Yeah, there is no more ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, no more ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช. And then, why can't you it's it's you won't can't collect from the ืงืจืงืข, have to swear. The same thing is here, in this case. When Tosafot says, according to Rabbi Yochanan, why is there a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” in the case of ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” even though ืฉืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, he says because the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. But Tosafot adds that's not enough, and ื•ืžื™ืœื, the guy knows he's ืžื•ื—ืœ. Why does Tosafot add that? Because Tosafot follows that ืฉื™ื˜ื” that the ืจื‘ื ืŸ did not take away the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืžืŸ ื”ืงืจืงืข, they

Tosafot vs Ran on Removing Land Mortgage

can't do it. They didn't take away the, ื•ืžื™ืœื, yeah, ื•ืžื™ืœื they didn't take away the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ from the ืงืจืงืข. So Tosafot's ืชื™ืจืฅ wouldn't fit if Tosafot would say you know why there's a ืฉื‘ื•ืขื” of ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” according to Rabbi Yochanan, because the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took it away. Well, Tosafot said that's no good. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ, they said don't pay, true, but they didn't take it away, you can't take it away. That's why Tosafot has to add, seeing that the ืจื‘ื ืŸ say you don't pay, ื•ืžื™ืœื the guy knows already he's not going to get paid anyway, so he's ืžื•ื—ืœ. So the reason is because he's ืžื•ื—ืœ. So this is seems to be according to that ืฉื™ื˜ื”. This explains also the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช between Tosafot, further in Tosafot, with the Ran in Shevuot. Not to get into the deal, the details of the Tosafot, but it comes out from Tosafot like this, when the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช by ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, Tosafos learns they only took it off from the ืงืจืงืข that you sold. The ืงืจืงืข that you sold, you, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ said you can't, and it makes sense, ืชืงื ืช ื”ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช, because they're going to lose. What happens to ืงืจืงืข that you didn't sell? You still have ืงืจืงืข, it's called we call it ื‘ื ื™ ื—ื•ืจื™ืŸ. Is there a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข ืžื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ on that ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”? So Tosafos says, \"Yes.\" One second. There are in Shavuos Tosafos ื™ืฉื ื™ื, not like that. The Ran in Shavuos says, what the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off in a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” the ื“ื™ืŸ of ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช, even if he didn't sell, even from ื‘ื ื™ ื—ื•ืจื™ืŸ, he says. So that means that you can't collect from the ืงืจืงืข? That's not true. You could collect you could collect from the ืžื˜ืœื˜ืœื™ืŸ also. If I owe you money, you could come to me and collect from anything I have. So you could collect from the ืงืจืงืข like you collect from any possessions that he has, but the ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ that there is on ืงืจืงืข, when the ืจื‘ื ืŸ took off ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช from a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื” they took it off from there too. And it's not just the bottom line is the same. One second, I'll tell you. ืœื›ืื•ืจื” ืกื•ืฃ ื›ืœ ืกื•ืฃ you could collect. Call it like this, call it There's a nafka mina lehalacha. He doesn't say it, but if you think about it there's a nafka

Rambam's Nafka Mina Rule for Competing Loans

mina lehalacha. Nafka mina is like this: The Rambam paskent, what happens if you have two loans and they come to collect, who do you pay first? The Rambam says like this: If there is a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช, so the one that his ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ is first he collects first. If there's no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืขื•ืช and you come to collect, ื›ืœ ื”ืงื•ื“ื ื–ื›ื”. Whoever is first is first. In this case, where the guy has ืงืจืงืข, if it's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ like this like Tosafos says, if it's a ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, then he gets first. If it's like the Ran says that it's not ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, it's just you could collect from his possessions, it's not a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, then ื›ืœ ื”ืงื•ื“ื ื–ื›ื”, whoever comes first. So there is a But the ืฉืืœื” is what's the sevara of the machloket between them? The logic behind it. So the sevara is lichora based on what we said before. Tosafot goes ืœืฉื™ื˜ืชื•. That Tosafot holds that the ื—ื›ืžื™ื did not take off, cannot they did not take off because they only did it ื‘ืžืขืฉื” ื‘ืคื•ืขืœ, ื‘ืคื•ืขืœ you don't pay. So where is it? Only where there's a ืคืกื™ื“ื ื“ืœืงื•ื—ื•ืช, only where it's going to be a loss. And here, why would you say no don't pay? There's no loss here. If you learn they took off the concept of ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on ืงืจืงืข in a case like that, and it makes sense that they took it off even if you didn't sell it. And I'll explain it even a little bit, I wouldn't say deeper, but a little bit better. When the ื—ื›ืžื™ื took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ from ืงืจืงืข, when did they take it off? When you sold it? That's when they took it off? Because you sold it, there's no more ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“? No, it's The peshat is ืžืฉืžืข, if they took it off, they took it off from before. In other words, when you get ืงืจืงืข, if it's a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, what they said was, ืœื™ืช ื“ื—ืฉื™ืฉ ืœืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“! Or not, because there is a philosophy when No, but the ืจื‘ื ืŸ, when they took off, what happened when you sold it? The ืจื‘ื ืŸ should In other words, to say it's much harder to say there is a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on ืงืจืงืข when you have it, and then when you sell it, it falls away. Because the ืจื‘ื ืŸ had a reason to make I understand, the truth is I'll tell you like this. I'll tell you like this. That would mean before you sold it. Now, if they took it off from before you sold it, that permits him to that that someone should be able to buy. Right, right. That permits I want to say you are right, you are right, when it comes to ื“ื™ื ื™ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, anything works. In other words, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ said they could say whatever they want, whatever they feel. Whenever we have a kushya how come in this case like this, like this, it's all by ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, but ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ first they make ื’ื–ื™ืจื•ืช, they saw the situation and they made a ื’ื–ื™ืจื”. Tosafot says in many places, by ื’ื–ื™ืจื•ืช ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ ืื™ ืืคืฉืจ ืœื”ืฉื•ื•ืช ื’ื–ื™ืจื” ืœื’ื–ื™ืจื”, so you can't We don't know it, so ืžื™ืœื obviously. So it's not a kushya to say a ืกืชื™ืจื”. But what we're trying to understand, to explain what is his sevara. Right. So I'm trying to say his sevara is that the ืจื‘ื ืŸ when they took off, they took off the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ off the ืงืจืงืข. Tosafot, they didn't take off anything, they just tell you don't pay. So it makes sense, when did they tell you don't pay? Because there'd be a loss to the guy. But there's no loss to the guy, why should they say don't pay? Why should they say don't take from the ืงืจืงืข? ืžื” ืฉืื™ืŸ ื›ืŸ, according to if you learned that it's a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ took away the ืงืจืงืข, when did they do that? ืขืœ ืคื™ ืคืฉื˜, it's not at the moment when you sell it, that's when the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ falls away. Makes more sense to say that our ื—ื›ืžื™ื say, if it's a ืžืœื•ื” ืขืœ ืคื”, ืœื™ืช ื“ื—ืฉื™ืฉ ืœืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on the ืงืจืงืข. When does it ืœื™ืช ื“ื—ืฉื™ืฉ ืœืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“? From the beginning! So ืžืžื™ืœื, if you didn't sell it, there's also no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. That's the Ran. So it makes sense that this is the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช, it's not all based on this ื ืงื•ื“ื” obvious. Now,

Alternative Explanation of Tosafot and Ran Conflict

there is another way we could explain the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช between Tosafos and the Ran, and ื‘ื›ืœืœ this ืกื‘ืจื of Tosafos here. ื‘ื”ืงื“ื a different ืขื ื™ืŸ in in in the same ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื™ื, there is a ื“ื™ืŸ in Bava Basra, ื“ืฃ ืงืž\"ื”, that we all know a ื“ื™ืŸ, a ื‘ื›ื•ืจ takes ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื. A ื‘ื›ื•ืจ takes double ื™ืจื•ืฉื”. But it's a ื“ื™ืŸ, he only takes ื‘ืžื•ื—ื–ืง, not ื‘ืจืื•ื™. That means he only takes from whatever is available at the time of his father's about it. But let's say anything that comes in later, someone owes his father money, and after he died, comes to the children to pay. From that he doesn't get double. ืื™ืŸ ื’ื•ื‘ื™ืŸ ืž ืžืจืื•ื™ ื›ื‘ืžื•ื—ื–ืง, only ื‘ืžื•ื—ื–ืง, only what you have. And the Gemara says, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืคืคื, ื”ืœื›ืชื says ื”ื”ืœื›ื” is that even if ืงืจืงืข came in, which means there was land which was ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ to the loan to the father, and it guy brought it and you collected it after the father died, the ื‘ื›ื•ืจ doesn't get double. Doesn't get double. Yeah, he doesn't get double. ื“ืืš Tosafos, v'tzarich iyun. What a ืœืฉื•ืŸ Tosafos? You have the You find it more by Rabbi Akiva Eiger, you don't find it in Tosafos. V'tzarich iyun. He says the Gemara in Gittin Pashut, ื“ืฃ ืงืขืดื”, the Gemara over there says that this ื“ื™ืŸ only fits if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ืœืื• ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. If ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื there is no ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, ืžืžื™ืœื, anything any land that you take, till now it wasn't yours. When did it become yours? When they gave it. When did they give it? After the father died, so it's nothing. But if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, that means that ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื it's ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“, so it was the whole time ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“, so when the guy died, it already it was there then. So Tosafos, because Rav Pappa holds ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, so how does Rav Pappa say here that he doesn't collect from the ืžืฉื•ืขื‘ื“ from the ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื? And Tosafos Tosafos doesn't answer it. What? Very good question. He says it so I don't know, we're talking both about ื™ืจื•ืฉื”. Both are about ื™ืจื•ืฉื”, that if a person ื™ืจืฉื ืณืก, but he ื™ืจืฉื ืณืก ืงืจืงืข, so Rav Pappa says you don't collect from the from don't get ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื. And and the and it seems to say, according to the Gemara in Get Pashut, that this only fits if there's no real ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. If you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, there's a real ื“ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, that means it belonged the whole time. Before you even got it, it's already yours. Mah she'ein kein if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ืœืื• ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, then you say till now it wasn't yours, now it became yours. Rav Pappa holds ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. How does in the world did Rav Pappa say that the ื‘ื›ื•ืจ does not get ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื in the case like this? The she'eilah is not only on Gemara, the she'eilah is actually on the Rambam, because the Rambam paskens both things. In one place, the Rambam says clearly there's a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืžืŸ ื”ืชื•ืจื”, Maggid Mishneh says the Rambam paskens ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. And the

Rambam on Inheritance and Double Payment Issue

Rambam says clearly in another Hilchos Nachalos, the same ื“ื™ืŸ that a ื‘ื›ื•ืจ doesn't get ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื if it comes later. And he says even though he collected ืงืจืงืข. In Gemara, the lashon is that he doesn't get ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื in any money that comes in later, ื‘ื™ืŸ ืžื˜ืœื˜ืœื™ืŸ ื‘ื™ืŸ ืงืจืงืข. Makes equal. The Rambam says af al gav even though he collected ืงืจืงืข he doesn't get. That was the lashon of the Rambam. Even though, the mashma the Rambam felt the sevara. It's bothering him. He says and still. Okay, so the Rambam but he doesn't say why. What's fact in the sevara? Acknowledging there is a That there's a problem, and af al pi chen hold. But the she'eilah is why. Why is one she'eilah? There's another she'eilah. Not another she'eilah, it's it's against the Gemara in ื’ื˜ ืคืฉื•ื˜. The Gemara in ื’ื˜ ืคืฉื•ื˜ says clearly that the two things go together. That the only way you could learn like this is if you hold The only way you could say that the ื‘ื›ื•ืจ doesn't get ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื when he collects ืงืจืงืข, if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ืœืื• ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. ืืœื ืžื”, so the Yeah, no, but so that so how does the Rambam go against the Gemara? ืืœื ืžืื™, the answer is very pashut, not the hasvara, the Rambam learns, as it seems, there's a machloket between two Gemaras. Our Gemara says clearly that the same Rav Pappa who holds ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื says that it's still you don't collect from it double. The Gemara in ื’ื˜ ืคืฉื•ื˜ so it's a machloket in Gemara. Good? So, and our Gemara that we're talking, that's the halacha against that Gemara. Because if it tells me ื”ืœื›ืชื ื”ืœื›ื”, so this is the halacha, the Rambam paskens. Doesn't explain, but they just So the Rambam learned that there is a machloket between the Gemaras. That Gemara holds that if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, then you would collect ืคื™ ืฉื ื™ื from it. This Gemara holds you don't. And I pask like this Gemara. I thought so that everybody No, but he says, I take from the Gemara that this is halacha, and I pask like that. But what is the sevara? Obviously, Tosafot doesn't learn like that. Tosafot has a problem. Tosafot says, look, there is other Gemara, but he has a kashya, he doesn't have a teirutz. In other words, Tosafot does not learn that there's a machloket between two Gemara's. He feels there's not. And memeila, ke'ilu nemer, Tosafot holds it can't be a machloket. It's obvious that the two go together. If you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, then this doesn't work. And memeila, I don't understand this Gemara. So we have to understand what is the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช Tosafot and and the and the Rambam. So when they say like this the sevara is this, that it goes into this idea of ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. Okay, this is a

Concept of ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช Explained

ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, which is like a teshuva in the Achiezer, which the ืจื‘ื™ ืžื–ื›ื™ืจ this inyan, that many things we find is a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. What is a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช? That there's certain things that you do, it's not just that you do it once and it stays that way, but you do it once, and ke'ilu the ืคืขื•ืœื” has to re-happen again. Perpetuates itself. Yeah, but it has to happen again, not that The ma'aseh, it doesn't say you did it and it stays. ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื. ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื, the best dugma is ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื. In Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, the Alter Rebbe says that ื”ืžื—ื“ืฉ ื‘ื˜ื•ื‘ื• ื‘ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื ืชืžื™ื“, so the Eibershter is mechadesh the world, why? And the reason is very pashut. What's the klal? Why would we say ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช? Others don't understand, I once spoke to a Rosh Yeshiva in Lakewood, and I mentioned something ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. Hooey! He says avir! S'iz avir? Avir! A joke! They don't... You know the story, the Rebbe always told the story of Rav Chaim Brisker that the Rogatchover once said to Rav Chaim Brisker that thought that kiddushin is a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, every second is mekadesh again. Rav Chaim didn't like it. Next morning Rav Chaim meets the Rogatchover in the middle of the hallway, whatever it is, he walks over to him, he gives him mazel tov. What's the mazel tov? A fresh chasan again! You just got married, you said ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. That's the Rebbe told the story. I heard there's an end to the story. The Rogatchover answered him, the mazel tov is also a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. You'll have to give it to me again! Anyway, this is just... But what's the klal? He didn't give it to him the first time? Huh? He did give it! The Rogatchover was friends with Rav Chaim, they were actually chavrusa for a while. So he was at the wedding? Probably he wished him mazel tov at one point, yeah. What's the klal? When do we say

Shelichut as a Continuous Action Debate

ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช or not? So the klal is like this: when you are two opposites, then you have to ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. What what's the re'iyah? The Alter Rebbe gives an example in Tanya ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข to ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื, he says the re'iyah from ืงืจื™ืขืช ื™ื ืกื•ืฃ. ืงืจื™ืขืช ื™ื ืกื•ืฃ, the water stood up. How did it stand up? There was a wind blowing. So the wind had to be blowing constantly the whole night. Had the wind stopped, it would've come back. Why? Because the nature of water is to stand is to flow. If you're going against the nature, so against the nature you got to constantly do it. Like I always say, this is the I don't know why you need an example from ืงืจื™ืขืช ื™ื ืกื•ืฃ, I have an example from this cup. There's water inside. You know why the water is not falling down? Because there's constantly the wall's holding it up. And you have to You can't say, well, you put it into the cup, now the the water got a shape, now take away the cup, it will It won't stay! If it's against, when it's against its nature, like a velt also, the nature of velt, if you call it nature, is not to be. Be'etzem there is no velt. The fact that there is a velt is just against the way it's supposed to be, the way it is be'etzem. So you got to do it. It's a miracle, then It's true, the Eibershter could have made a miracle and changed it. We find sometimes miracles where the Eibershter changed The Eibershter could have changed the nature of the water and make the water stand. Some hold like that, but not The Alter Rebbe does not hold like that, but some hold that's what happened. ืจื•ื— ืงื“ื™ื ืขื–ื” is ืจื•ื— ืงื“ืžื•ื ื• ืฉืœ ืขื•ืœื, it doesn't mean a wind. And the ืคืฉื•ื˜'ืขืจ ืคืฉื˜ is that it means there was a wind. So you hold the Eibershter didn't change it. The Maharal miPrag talks about this in Netzach Yisrael, that there are different miracles. Some miracles the Eibershter changed, take l'mashal the ื“ื. Miracles, the ืžื›ื” of ื“ื. The Eibershter actually change the blood the water into blood? Because if you do that, so what would it have to be after the ืžื›ื” was over? You'd have to empty the whole place. Ela mai, the Eibershter has left the water b'etzem, and was constantly making it into blood. So the moment the ืžื›ื” stopped, back to water. That's the reason why the Yidden the same thing, when the Yid drank from it, it was water. On the other hand, he brings an example when the Eibershter spoke to Moshe, and Moshe The Eibershter said, \"Put your hand in here.\" Took it out, ืžืฆื•ืจืขืช ื›ืฉืœื’. Then the Eibershter wanted to change it, what did he do? Put it back in. Why Why didn't the Eibershter just say, \"Okay, from now on, stop\"? Because the Eibershter changed the nature of the hand. So now to change it back, he had to do another ืคืขื•ืœื”. But the Eibershter could have made that the hand is still a hand, ela mai he's constantly making it And the moment it stopped Anyway, this is just a prat. The klal is that when do you say ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช is when something is against the nature. This inyan of shibud Huh? Like a chasunah? No, by chasunah he says that a ื–ื›ืจ and a ื ืงื‘ื” to have, there's two opposites, yeah. To have a ืงื™ื‘ื•ืฅ of a ื–ื›ืจ and a ื ืงื‘ื”, that's that's against nature, two opposites fighting, that's why it has to be ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. That's what the Rogatchover says. ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื also. Huh? It's ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื. Yeah, they say a maaseh, that's what they say by a marriage. Yeah, yeah. The fighting is the ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. It's the same thing, often it's in itself, ื—ื›ืžื” ื•ื‘ื™ื ื”. Yeah, yeah. Oh, true. Okay, let's go let's go ask him. The psychiatrist has a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. A what? The psychiatrist. They like it! So let's talk about ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ also seems to be a strange thing. ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ doesn't mean it's mine completely, it's yours, and nevertheless, I have a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on it. From when that? It's against it's against the way it is. Be'etzem it's yours, not mine. So when you sell it to me, you give it to me, now it's not yours, it's mine. It's still yours and and mine, so there's a sevara to say that the whole inyan of ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ืงืจืงืข is is a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช. Or you could say ืœืื• ื“ื•ืงื. I mean, even though it's it's ืžื—ืžืช ื–ื”, it stayed like that. There's a kinyan there, you got you got a kinyan in the thing, and it's you leave it. I want to say that this is a machloket in ืืจื‘ืข ืžืื” ื›ืกืฃ or according to the Rambam the machloket between the two Gemarot, if it's a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช or not. Why? If it's a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, what's the peshat? ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช means it's it's there, Leaves. ืจืฆื•ื ื•ืฉื•ื‘, Chasidut covers it, ืจืฆื•ื ื•ืฉื•ื‘. ื‘ืจื™ืืช ื”ืขื•ืœื is always ืจืฆื•ื ื•ืฉื•ื‘. Why? To say mechadesh every second means it's there, stops, do it again. It doesn't mean stops in time, yeah, like a pause, everything is, yeah. ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช like ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“. If ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ is a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, you know what that means? That every second the ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ stops and starts again. So therefore, when the guy died, the second he died, you know what happened? The ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ stopped, and it came again. So mimeila when the guy, when the ื™ื•ืจืฉื™ื get it, they don't get it because it belonged to the father before. That stopped! So why do they get it? Because now it's given. That's called ืจืื•ื™. The kashya was, if you hold ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, so there's a real ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“, so if he had a ืฉื™ืขื‘ื•ื“ on it from before, why do we say that a ื‘ื›ื•ืจ will not get double? It's from before. The thing is, the whole ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช is not from before! Everything, everything it's from now. You have to look at what's happening now. And now, the father died, so now and now it's happening. Al derech, we have another place ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช which will give it a little more understanding. There's a machloket, the Ketzot brings a machloket between the Rambam and the Tur: if someone sends a get with a shaliach, and the meshale'ach, the husband, became crazy before he gave the get, can he still give the get? But the husband himself couldn't give a get now, can the shaliach give it? So the Rambam says mid'oraita it's good. Mid'rabbanan they said it's no good. The Tur says mid'oraita it's no good. So the sevara of the machloket is very pashut: is shelichut a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช or not? And ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉื›ืœ, it makes sense to be a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, because whatever I said before is even stronger. Depends which type of shelichut. Even the lowest. The highest, ovadai! I make you a shaliach, you become for me. You can do something for me, you become me, ืฉืœื•ื—ื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื ื›ืžื•ืชื•. You are you, not me. You're still you, you are still you, and it and it works for me. So it makes sense to say that I make you a shaliach, not a peshat I make you a shaliach and now now you're a shaliach, every second the shelichut has to be done over. Or you can say not, I make you a shaliach once, and now you're a shaliach. If you learn it's a ืคืขื•ืœื” ื ืžืฉื›ืช, so when he goes and is mekadesh the ishah, when is he being made a shaliach that he's able to mekadesh the ishah? The second before he gives it! The fact that he made him a shaliach before, that's not why I'm a shaliach now. That stopped! The next second, it happened again. So when is he making him into a shaliach? The rega when he's giving it. At that time, there's no, you can't make, he's not normal, you can't make him into a shaliach. But if

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