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עפצי דקיימי בשיתא שיתא?״ אמר ליה: ״לאו בארבעה ארבעה הוו קיימי?״ אתו תרי סהדי ואמרו: ״אין, בארבעה ארבעה הוו קיימי״. אמר רבא: הוחזק כפרן. אמר רמי בר חמא: הא אמרת כל מילתא דלא רמיא עליה דאיניש לאו אדעתיה! אמר ליה רבא: קצותא דתרעא מידכר דכירי אינשי.
of gallnuts [aftzei] that were worth 6 dinars for each kav at the time? The creditor said to him: Weren’t they worth 4 dinars for each kav at the time? Two witnesses came and said: Yes, they were worth 4 dinars per kav. Rava said that the debtor assumes the presumptive status of one who falsely denies his debts. Rami bar Ḥama said: But didn’t you say that anything that is not incumbent upon a person is not on his mind? Perhaps he merely forgot what the price of gallnuts was at the time that he paid. Rava said to him: People remember the standard, set market price.
ההוא דאמר ליה לחבריה: ״הב לי מאה זוזי דמסיקנא בך, והא שטרא״. אמר ליה: ״פרעתיך״. אמר ליה: ״הנהו סיטראי נינהו״. אמר רב נחמן: איתרע שטרא. רב פפא אמר: לא איתרע שטרא.
The Talmud relates: There was a certain person who said to another: Give me the 100 dinars that I claim from you, and this is the promissory note attesting to the debt. The latter said to him: I already repaid you. The creditor said to him: That money you gave me was for a different debt. Rav Naḥman said that the promissory note is undermined by the fact that the creditor admits that he received payment equal to the amount specified in the note, and his claim that there was an additional debt is unsubstantiated. Rav Pappa said that the promissory note is not undermined.
ולרב פפא – מאי שנא מההוא דאמר ליה לחבריה: ״הב לי מאה זוזי דמסיקנא בך, והא שטרא״; אמר ליה: ״לאו אתורי יהבת לי, ואתית ואיתיבת אמסחתא – וקבילת זוזך?״ ואמר ליה: ״הנהו סיטראי נינהו״; ואמר רב פפא: איתרע שטרא.
The Talmud asks: But according to Rav Pappa, in what way is this case different from the incident where a certain person said to another: Give me the 100 dinars that I claim from you, and this is the promissory note. The latter said to him: Didn’t you give me that money as an investment to be used for buying oxen to be slaughtered? And you came and sat in the slaughterhouse and received your money, including your share of the profits, from the sale of the slaughtered oxen. And the creditor said to him: That money you gave me was for a different debt. And Rav Pappa said that in that case the promissory note is undermined.