Oct 092016
If someone finds a document of a loan in the street and it is unclear if it was paid back or not, can he return it to the lender? According to Rabbi Meir, it depends on whether or not there was property liened to the loan written in the document. The gemara debates whether or not the mishna was referring to a case where the borrower admitted there was a loan or not. The rabbis disagree with Rabbi Meir and hold that no matter what we don’t return the document. There is a debate among Rabbi Yochanan and Rabbi Elazar about in what case Rabbi Meir and the rabbis disagree and what their disagreement is about.
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