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Shmuel’s opinions relating to shevach are discussed.
If one buys from a robber and invests in the property, he loses his investment because if the robber returns him his investment, it will look like interest. Various sources are brought to contradict this but are resolved.
According to Shmuel, a ba’al chov who comes to demand land from liened property, he can take the shevach, (the investment). Various sources are brought to prove or question his opinion and as a result some distinctions are made.
If one buys property and knows it is stolen, Rav and Shmuel debate whether or not he can get his money back.
Our Gemara examines a position put forward by Shmuel who rules that if the borrower cannot pay, then the lender can collect not only from the guaranteed field itself, but also from any increase in the value of the field that derives from the investment that the third-party purchaser made in the field. Rava explains that this rule is based on the standard contract that was written at the time that a field was sold, where the seller guarantees to the purchaser that he will make sure that the purchaser will be fully reimbursed should there be any problem with the purchase, the investment or the profits stemming from the sale.
We continue our exploration of scribal errors as well as the history of the textual emendation and redaction of the Mishnah.