Answer: Rather, the 1st loan was for 5 years, and
the 2nd for 10.
3. Question: When was the 2nd loan made?
i. Suggestion: If the 1st loan was already due to
be collected - Chachamim should agree to Admon,
if he really owed him, he should have collected
the loan!
ii. Suggestion: If the 1st loan was not yet due to
be collected - why does Admon say he should
have collected it?
4. Answer: The case is, the 2nd loan was made on the
day the 1st loan was due,
i. Chachamim hold, a person would take a loan for
1 day (i.e. rather than wait to collect his
loan at the end of the day); Admon holds, a
person would not take a loan for 1 day.
IF SO - WHY WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SECOND LOAN IS FOR 10 YEARS! - ONE DAY
PERIOD IS ENOUGH!
I think that if the loan would have been for one day (or slightly longer) it would have been clear that it was only until he was repaid for the first loan, and there would be no Chidush of Admon.
Dov Zupnik