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Bava Metzia 65

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Summary of the Daf
1. Although if someone grabs the servant of his friend and does Melachah with him he is Patur, however if he lent money to him it is forbidden because it appears like Ribis.
2. Although if someone lives in his friend's courtyard without his knowledge he is Patur, however if he lent money to him he must pay rent.
3. Abaye says if someone owes his friend a Zuz of Ribis and the market price for bushels of wheat is four for a Zuz and he gave him five bushels for the Zuz that he owes him when Beis Din takes the Ribis away from the lender they take only four bushels because the fifth bushel was given to him as a discount.
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4. Rava says that we take all five bushels from him since he received it for the Ribis that was owed to him.
5. Abaye says if someone owes four Zuz of Ribis to his friend and he give him a shirt for the four Zuz when Beis Din takes the Ribis away from the lender they take the four Zuz not the shirt.
6. Rava says that they take the shirt away from him so that people will not say that he is wearing a shirt of Ribis.
7. If someone is owed 12 Zuz of Ribis and the borrower allows him to live in his courtyard that is normally rented for ten Zuz for the 12 Zuz that he owes him when Beis Din takes the Ribis away from him they take away 12 Zuz. . If a person rents out his courtyard and he says if you pay in advance it will cost ten Sela'im a year and if you pay per month it will cost a Sela a month it is permitted because rent is not owed until the end. (3)
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8. If a person sells his field and he says if you pay me now it will cost a thousand Zuz and if you pay me at a later date it will cost twelve hundred Zuz it is Ribis and it is forbidden.
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9. It is permitted to sell merchandise for an inflated amount in return for allowing the buyer to pay at a later date as long as he doesn't tell him that if you pay immediately you can have it for less.
10. If someone sells a field and the buyer makes a partial payment if the seller tells him that when you bring me the balance of the money you will be Koneh the field from now it is Ribis and it is forbidden.
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11. R. Yehudah holds that it is permitted because he holds that when it is only a Safek if it will end up being Ribis it is permitted.
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12. If the buyer makes a partial payment and the fruit of the field is given to a third party until the buyer pays the balance of the money it is permitted.
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13. If the buyer makes a partial payment and the seller tells him you are Koneh part of the field in accordance with the amount of money that I received both the seller and the buyer may eat the fruit of the field in the interim. If the buyer makes a partial payment and the seller tells him that when you bring the balance of the money you will be Koneh the field at that time it is permitted for the seller to eat the fruit of the field in the interim.
14. If the buyer makes a partial payment and the seller tells him you are Koneh the field right now and the balance that you owe is a loan it is permitted for the buyer to eat the fruit of the field in the interim.
15. If someone lends money on his field and he tells the lender that if I don't pay you back within three years the field shall be yours it is permitted.
16. If someone lends money and is given a field as a Mashkon and the says if you want to sell the field sell it to me at a specific price (below the market price) it is forbidden, but if it he tells him to sell it to him at the market price it is permitted, while R. Yehudah holds it is permitted even for below the market price.
17. If someone sells a house or a field and he makes a condition that when he attains the money it shall be returned to him it is forbidden, while R. Yehudah holds that it is permitted.
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18. If the buyer offers to return the house or field when the seller has the money but he doesn't make it a condition in the sale it is permitted.
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Brief Insight
RENT VS. A SALE

If a person rents out his courtyard and he says if you pay in advance it will cost ten Sela'im a year and if you pay per month it will cost a Sela a month it is permitted because rent is not owed until the end. If a person sells his field and he says if you pay me now it will cost a thousand Zuz and if you pay me at a later date it will cost twelve hundred Zuz it is Ribis and it is forbidden. The Rif states in the name of the Tosefta if someone purchases an item on condition that he pays for it after 12 moths the seller may offer to take less money if the purchaser pays immediately. The Levush says that regarding a rental as well sometimes it has a different Din, for example if they agree that the renter would pay for the 12 months in advance and the seller offers that the renter may pay month by month in return for paying a little bit extra it is Ribis and it is forbidden. [Meleches Shlomo]
Quick Halachah
A DINAR OF RIBIS

If someone owes a Dinar of Ribis and he gave five measures of wheat for the Ribis at a time that the market price was four measure per Dinar he must return the five measures and if he wants he may return the value of the five measures which is a Dinar and a quarter because the purchase is valid even though it was done b'Isur. If a person is Chayav a Dinar of Ribis and he gave him a shirt or a utensil for it the item must be returned since it is an identifiable item. If the lender rented an item from the borrower for the Dinar of Ribis that was owed to him and the value of the rental was only a half of a Dinar he must return an entire Dinar. (Shulchan Aruch YD 161:8, 9, 10)
Chakirah
Rent is only paid at the end of the period while for a purchase a person must pay immediately. Why is there a difference between a purchase and a rental?
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