and he said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is believed.

<<If came

<<the lender

<<to write —

<<they do not

<<write

<<and give

<<to him.

“Liable

<<you are

<<to give

<<to him” —

<<and he said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is not

<<believed.

<<If came

<<the lender

<<to write —

<<they write

<<and give

<<to him.

Rav Zevid

<<in the name

<<of Rav Nachman

<<said:

<<whether

<<“go

<<give

<<to him”,

<<or

<<“Liable

<<you are

<<to give

<<to him”,

<<and he said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is believed.

<<If came

<<the lender

<<to write —

<<they do not

<<write

<<and give

<<to him.

Rather,

<<if

<<there is

<<to distinguish,

<<thus

<<it is

<<that there is

<<to distinguish:

<<if they said

<<to him

<<“go

<<give

<<to him”,

<<and he said

<<“I repaid”,

<<and the witnesses

<<testify

<<against him

<<that he did not

<<repay him,

<<and he went back

<<and said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<money.

“Liable

<<you are

<<to give

<<to him”,

<<and he said

<<“I repaid”,

<<and the witnesses

<<testify

<<against him

<<that he did not

<<repay,

<<and he went back

<<and said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is not

<<established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<money.

What is the reason?

<<Putting off

<<it is

<<that he is putting off

<<him;

<<he thinks:

<<until

<<look into it

<<the Rabbis

<<in my case.

Rabbah bar bar Chanah said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<“a maneh

<<of mine

<<is in your hand”,

<<and the other

<<says:

<<“you have not

<<to you

<<in my hand

<<anything”,

<<and the witnesses

<<testify

<<against him

<<that he has

<<it,

<<and he went back

<<and said

<<“I repaid” —

<<he is established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<money.

Like

<<that case

<<of Shabsai son of Rabbi Marinus,

<<who wrote

<<for her —

<<for his daughter-in-law —

<<a cloak

<<of fine wool

<<in her kesubah,

<<and accepted it

<<upon himself.

<<Her kesubah

<<was lost.

<<He said to her:

<<“not

<<were

<<the things

<<ever”.

<<Came

<<witnesses

<<and said:

<<yes,

<<he wrote

<<for her.

<<In the end

<<he said to them:

<<“I repaid it”.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabbi Chiya.

<<He said to him:

<<you are established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<cloak.

Rabbi Avin said in the name of Rabbi Ila in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<if one was

<<obligated

<<to his fellow

<<an oath,

<<and he said

<<“I swore”,

<<and the witnesses

<<testify

<<against him

<<that he did not

<<swear,

<<and he went back

<<and said

<<“I swore” —

<<he is established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<oath.

They said it

<<before

<<Rabbi Abahu.

<<He said to them:

<<it stands to reason —

<<the statement

<<of Rabbi Avin —

<<where he became obligated

<<an oath

<<in court;

<<but

<<if he obligated

<<himself

<<an oath —

<<[he is believed].

<<It happens

<<that a person

<<chances

<<and says it.

<<They brought it back

<<before

<<Rabbi Avin.

<<He said to them:

<<I

<<too

<<in court

<<said it.

It was stated

<<also:

<<Rabbi Avin said in the name of Rabbi Ila in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<if one was

<<obligated

<<to his fellow

<<an oath

<<in court

<<and he said

<<“I swore”,

<<and the witnesses

<<testify

<<against him

<<that he did not

<<swear,

<<and he went back

<<and said

<<“I swore” —

<<he is established

<<a denier

<<for that

<<oath.

Rabbi Asi said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<one who finds

<<a document of

<<debt

<<in the market,

<<and written

<<in it

<<is an authentication,

<<and written

<<in it

<<is its date

<<on

<<that day —

<<he must return it

<<to the owners.

If

<<because

<<he wrote it

<<to borrow

<<and did not

<<borrow —

<<indeed

<<written

<<in it

<<is an authentication.

<<If

<<because of

<<repayment —

<<for a repayment

<<of the

<<same day

<<we are not

<<concerned.

Rabbi Zeira said to Rabbi Asi:

<<did

<<say

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<so?

<<But

<<you

<<it is

<<who said

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<a document

<<that he borrowed

<<with it

<<and repaid it —

<<he may not

<<go back

<<and borrow

<<with it,

<<for already

<<has been forgiven

<<its lien.

When?

<<If you say

<<on the morrow

<<or another

<<day —

<<what

<<is the relevance of

<<“for already

<<has been forgiven

<<its lien”?

<<Let it follow

<<that it is

<<for him

<<predated,

<<and we learned:

<<documents of

<<debt

<<that are predated

<<are invalid.

Rather,

<<is it not

<<on its own day?

<<Apparently

<<repay

<<people

<<on its own day!

He said to him:

<<did

<<I say

<<that they do not

<<repay

<<at all?

<<That it is not

<<common

<<for people

<<to repay

<<on its own day

<<I said.

Rav Kahana

<<said:

<<where the debtor

<<admits.

<<If so,

<<what

<<is there to say?

What

<<might you say?

<<This one

<<indeed

<<repaid it,

<<and this

<<that he

<<says

<<“I did not

<<repay it” —

<<because

<<he wants

<<to go back

<<and lend

<<with it

<<a time

<<another,

<<and for the pennies

<<of the scribe

<<he is concerned —

<<it teaches us

<<that if

<<so,

<<the lender

<<himself

<<would not

<<leave it.

<<He thinks:

<<they will hear

<<the Rabbis

<<and cause loss

<<to me.

What

<<is different

<<from this

<<that we learned:

<<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,

<<and he will come

<<to seize from

<<purchasers

<<from Nisan

<<until

<<Tishrei

<<not

<<lawfully.

And do we not

<<say

<<that if

<<so,

<<the lender

<<himself

<<would not

<<leave it,

<<for he would say

<<to him:

<<write

<<a document

<<another

<<in Tishrei,

<<for perhaps

<<will hear

<<the Rabbis

<<and cause loss

<<to me!

They say:

<<there,

<<because

<<he has

<<a gain —

<<that he

<<seizes from

<<purchasers

<<from Nisan

<<until

<<Tishrei —

<<it is

<<content to him

<<and he does not

<<say

<<nor

<<anything.

<<Here,

<<since

<<he has no

<<gain —

<<for in the

<<end

<<the document

<<now

<<is written —

<<what

<<is there

<<that he seizes from

<<purchasers?

<<A document

<<whose lien

<<has been forgiven

<<he would not

<<leave.

Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<one who claims

<<after

<<an act of

<<a court