with documents of

<<conveyance,

<<for indeed

<<he obligated

<<himself.

If so,

<<our Mishnah

<<which teaches:

<<“if

<<there is

<<in them

<<a lien on

<<property

<<he may not

<<return them” —

<<and we established it

<<where the debtor

<<admits,

<<and because of

<<lest

<<he wrote it

<<to borrow

<<in Nisan

<<and did not

<<borrow

<<until

<<Tishrei,

<<and he will come

<<to seize from

<<purchasers

<<not

<<lawfully —

<<why

<<may he not

<<return them?

Let us see:

<<if

<<with a document of

<<conveyance —

<<indeed

<<he obligated

<<to him

<<himself!

<<If

<<with a document

<<that is not

<<conveyance —

<<there is nothing

<<to suspect,

<<for indeed

<<you said

<<when

<<there is no

<<lender

<<with him

<<we do not

<<write.

Said to you

<<Rav Asi:

<<even though

<<that with documents

<<that are not

<<conveyance,

<<when

<<there is no

<<lender

<<with him

<<we do not

<<write —

<<our Mishnah:

<<since

<<it fell,

<<it is impaired

<<for him,

<<and we are concerned

<<lest

<<it happened

<<and it was written.

Abaye

<<said:

<<his witnesses

<<by their signatures

<<acquire

<<for him,

<<and even

<<documents

<<that are not

<<conveyance.

Because

<<it was difficult

<<for him:

<<since

<<you said

<<with documents

<<that are not

<<conveyance,

<<when

<<he is not there —

<<the lender —

<<with him

<<we do not

<<write,

<<there is nothing

<<to suspect

<<that it happened

<<and it was written.

But

<<this

<<that we learned:

<<if he found

<<bills of divorce of

<<women,

<<or writs of release of

<<slaves,

<<wills,

<<deeds of gift

<<or receipts —

<<he

<<may not

<<return them,

<<lest

<<written

<<they were

<<and he reconsidered

<<about them

<<not

<<to give them.

<<And if

<<he reconsidered

<<about them,

<<what

<<of it?

<<But

<<you said:

<<his witnesses

<<by their signatures

<<acquire

<<for him?

this applies

<<where

<<they reached

<<his hand;

<<but

<<where

<<they did not

<<reach

<<his hand

<<we do not

<<say it.

But

<<our Mishnah

<<which teaches:

<<if he found

<<documents of

<<debt —

<<if

<<there is

<<in them

<<a lien on

<<property

<<he may not

<<return them —

<<and we established it

<<where the debtor

<<admits,

<<and because of

<<lest

<<he wrote it

<<to borrow

<<in Nisan

<<and did not

<<borrow

<<until

<<Tishrei.

It is well

<<according to Rav Asi,

<<who said

<<with documents of

<<conveyance —

<<he establishes

<<it

<<with documents

<<that are not

<<conveyance,

<<and as we said.

<<But

<<according to Abaye,

<<who said:

<<his witnesses

<<by their signatures

<<acquire

<<for him —

<<what

<<is there

<<to say?

Said to you

<<Abaye:

<<our Mishnah —

<<this is the reason:

<<that we are concerned

<<for repayment

<<and collusion.

And according to Shmuel,

<<who said

<<we are not

<<concerned

<<for repayment

<<and collusion —

<<what

<<is there

<<to say?

<<It is well

<<if

<<he holds

<<it

<<like Rav Asi,

<<who said

<<with documents of

<<conveyance —

<<he establishes

<<our Mishnah

<<with documents

<<that are not

<<conveyance.

<<But

<<if

<<he holds

<<like Abaye,

<<who said

<<his witnesses

<<by their signatures

<<acquire

<<for him —

<<what

<<is there

<<to say?

Shmuel

<<establishes

<<our Mishnah

<<where does not

<<the debtor

<<admit.

If so,

<<when

<<there is not

<<in them

<<a lien on

<<property

<<why

<<may he return them?

<<Granted

<<that he does not

<<collect

<<from

<<liened property,

<<from unencumbered

<<property

<<collect

<<he does!

Shmuel

<<follows his own reasoning,

<<for Shmuel said:

<<used to say

<<Rabbi Meir:

<<a document of

<<debt

<<that has not

<<in it

<<a lien on

<<property

<<does not

<<collect

<<neither

<<from liened property

<<nor

<<from unencumbered

<<property.

And since

<<after

<<he does not

<<collect,

<<why

<<may he return it?

<<Rabbi Nasan bar Oshaya said:

<<to seal

<<over

<<the mouth of

<<his flask —

<<of

<<the lender.

And let him return it

<<(to them)

<<to the borrower

<<to seal

<<over

<<the mouth of

<<his flask —

<<of

<<the borrower!

<<The borrower

<<it is