The witnesses’ signing the Shtar gives the Malveh a lien on the Loveh’s land.
The witnesses’ signing the Shtar legally transfers the money to the Loveh.
The witnesses’ signing the Shtar shows that the Loveh did not just write it to save for later, for they would not have signed had the Malveh not been there.
Machlokes between answers A and B.
Machlokes between answers B and C.
What is a Kenunya?
In a case where the Loveh is poor, he will lie and say he didn’t pay his debt, so people will give him Tzedaka money.
The Loveh will lie and say he didn’t pay his debt, so the Malveh will seize the properties with a lien on them, and the Malveh and Loveh will split the money.
The Loveh will lie and say he paid his debt even when he really didn’t, so people will think he is prosperous and trustworthy.
Machlokes between answers A and B.
Machlokes between answers B and C.
Why don’t we return the Shtar to the Loveh, that he be the one to use it as a bottle cap?
He doesn’t have any bottles.
There are Aidim who say to return it to the Malveh.
It doesn’t say “PAID” on it, so it’s probably still the Malveh’s.
We are speaking about a case where the Loveh declined to take it.
The Loveh is denying that the Shtar is real!
What are Bnei Chorin in our Gemara?
It is the Shtar that frees an Eved.
They are properties that the Loveh sold, and are now “free” from him (Bnei Chorin).
They are properties that the Loveh still owns, that may be collected by the Malveh.
It is how we feel on Pesach.
It is how the slaves felt after Abraham Lincoln freed them.
How is the Braisa a Teyuvta on R. Elazar?
R. Elazar said that someone who finds a Hakna'ah document should not return it, and the Braisa says that he must.
R. Elazar said that there is no point of returning a Shtar to use as a bottle cap, and it’s clear from the Braisa that there is.
R. Elazar said that there is no point of returning a Shtar to use as a bottle cap, and it’s clear from the Braisa that there is.
R. Elazar said in R. Meir, a Shtar without Achrayus cannot collect any property, and the Braisa says that R. Meir holds this Shtar can only collect Bnei Chorin.
R. Elazar said in R. Meir, a Shtar without Achrayus cannot collect any property, and the Braisa says R. Meir holds that this Shtar can only collect Meshubadim.