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Kesubos 92b

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Ketubot 92b

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Topic

Who may step in when a creditor seizes sold land: leaving a similar field for the creditor, and the seller (ראובן) defending the buyer (שמעון) against ראובן's own creditor

Overview

This amud opens by finishing an earlier ruling. A buyer who still has a similar middle-quality (בינונית) field available can tell the creditor to collect from that field instead. Then אביי rules on a sale באחריות, meaning with a guarantee. If ראובן sold a field to שמעון באחריות and ראובן's creditor comes to seize it, ראובן may step in to defend the field. The creditor cannot say 'you are not my opposing party,' because whatever he takes from שמעון will come back against ראובן. A second version (איכא דאמרי) says ראובן may step in even without a guarantee, because he does not want שמעון to have a תרעומת against him. The amud ends as אביי begins a new case about a sale שלא באחריות, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

אֲבָל שְׁבַק בֵּינוֹנִית דִּכְווֹתַהּ,

But if he left middle-quality land like it,

מָצֵי אָמַר לֵיהּ:

he can say to him (the creditor):

הִנַּחְתִּי לָךְ מָקוֹם לִגְבּוֹת הֵימֶנּוּ.

I have left you a place to collect from.

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי:

Abaye said:

The steps (4)

  1. ConclusionLeaving a similar middle-quality field lets the buyer send the creditor elsewhere
  2. StatementA seller who gave a guarantee may defend the buyer against his own creditor
  3. StatementSecond version: the seller may step in even without a guarantee
  4. Statementאביי begins a new case: a sale without a guarantee