Bava Metzia 65A

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דניחא ליה דלא נסתרי עבדיה.

as it is satisfactory for the master that the work habits of his slave not be undone.

אמר ליה: הני מילי היכא דלא מסיק ביה זוזי. מר כיון דמסיק בהו זוזי מחזי כרבית. דאמר רב יוסף בר מניומי אמר רב נחמן: אף על פי שאמרו הדר בחצר חבירו שלא מדעתו אינו צריך להעלות לו שכר. הלוהו ודר בחצירו צריך להעלות לו שכר. אמר ליה: הדרי בי.

Rava said to him: This statement of Rav Daniel applies when the one who seizes the slave is not owed money by the owner of the slave. But since the Master is owed money by the owner of the slave, this has the appearance of interest, as Rav Yosef bar Minyumi says that Rav Naḥman says: Even though the rabbis said that one who resides in another’s courtyard without his knowledge does not have to pay him rent, nevertheless, if he lent a courtyard owner money and then resides in his courtyard, the lender must pay him rent. Rav Yosef bar Ḥama said to him: I retract my opinion, and I will no longer seize the slaves of my debtors.

אמר אביי: האי מאן דמסיק זוזי דריביתא בחבריה וקא אזלי חטי ארבעה גריוי בזוזא בשוקא, ויהיב ליה איהו חמשה, כי מפקינן מיניה ⁠– ארבעה מפקינן מיניה. אידך ⁠– אוזולי הוא דקא מוזיל גביה. רבא אמר: חמשה מפקינן מיניה, דמעיקרא בתורת ריביתא אתאי לידיה.

§ Abaye said: In the case of this one, who was owed a dinar of interest by another, and wheat was going for the price of 4 se’a [gerivei] for a dinar in the market, and the borrower gave the lender 5 se’a of wheat as the interest payment, when we, the court, remove the interest the lender took from the borrower, we remove only 4 se’a, worth one dinar, from the lender. As the other, additional se’a is a discount he granted him, it is merely a favor, not counted as part of the interest. Rava said: We take all 5 se’a from him, as all of the wheat initially came into his possession in the form of interest, and therefore it is all classified as interest.

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