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כל דזבין מבי דינא — אדעתא למיפק ליה קלא הוא דזבין, קא משמע לן.
Everyone who buys from the court buys with the implicit understanding that the sale generates publicity, as a court sale is conducted in public with notices. The buyer could therefore think to himself that if no claimants came forward until the time of the actual purchase, then it is certain that there can be no problem with his purchase and he forgoes his property guarantee. Lest you say this, Rav Yosef teaches us that there is nevertheless a guarantee on the property, and it rests upon the orphans and not on the court.
רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר כו׳. ועד כמה? אמר רב הונא בר יהודה אמר רב ששת: עד פלגא.
§ The Mishnah teaches: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says that even if the judges err, the transaction is not void because of the prerogative of the court. The Talmud asks: And to what extent can they err without causing the deal to be reversed? Rav Huna bar Yehuda said that Rav Sheshet said: Until half of the value.
תניא נמי הכי, אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל: בית דין שמכרו שוה מאתים במנה או שוה מנה במאתים — מכרן קיים.
That is also taught in a baraita: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: A court that sold property worth 100 dinars for 200 dinars, or property worth 200 dinars for 100 dinars, their sale is valid. Since he doesn’t give as an example a larger gap between the market value and the sale price, this must be the most extreme case in which the transaction is not reversed.
אמר אמימר משמיה דרב יוסף: בית דין שמכרו בלא הכרזה — נעשו כמי שטעו בדבר משנה וחוזרין.
Ameimar said in the name of Rav Yosef: With regard to a court that sold without an announcement, it is considered as if they erred in a matter that appears in the Mishnah and their decision is reversed.