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רבא אמר: דכולי עלמא צד אחד ברבית אסור, והכא ברבית על מנת להחזיר איכא בינייהו — מר סבר: אסור, ומר סבר: מותר.
Rava said: Everyone agrees that uncertain interest is prohibited; and here, the dispute between R' Yehuda and the Rabbis concerns the permissibility of interest given on the condition that it will be returned. That is, in addition to the arrangement described in the baraita, the parties agreed that the buyer will consume the produce, and if the sale will later be nullified, then the buyer will reimburse the seller for the value of the produce. One Sage, the first tanna, holds that although the interest is subsequently refunded, this practice is prohibited, and one Sage, R' Yehuda, holds that this is permitted.
מת המוכר יגאל בנו. פשיטא! מהו דתימא: ״ואיש כי ימכר בית מושב״ אמר רחמנא, והאי לאו מכר, קמשמע לן: ״והיתה גאלתו״ — מכל מקום.
§ The Mishnah teaches: With regard to one who sells a house from among the houses of walled cities, if the seller died, his son may redeem the house from the buyer. The Talmud asks: This is obvious, as a son inherits his father’s property. The Talmud responds: Lest you say that when God states: “And if a man sells a residence house in a walled city, then he may redeem it until the completion of the year after it is sold” (Leviticus 25:29), this indicates that the man who redeems the house must be the same man who sold it, and this son did not sell; therefore, the same verse teaches us: “And he should have the right of redemption,” indicating that the right of redemption applies in any case, either to the seller or his son.
מת הלוקח יגאל מיד בנו וכו׳. פשיטא! מהו דתימא: ״לקונה אותו״ אמר רחמנא, והא לא קנה — קא משמע לן: ״והיתה גאלתו״ מכל מקום.
The Mishnah further teaches: If the buyer died, the seller may redeem the house from the possession of the buyer’s son. The Talmud asks: This, too, is obvious. The Talmud responds: Lest you say that God states: “Then the house that is in the walled city should stand in possession of the one who bought it in perpetuity” (Leviticus 25:30), and as this son did not buy the house, the buyer cannot redeem it from him; therefore, the previous verse teaches us: “He should have the right of redemption,” indicating that this right applies in any case, even from the buyer’s son.