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The Gemara on our daf presents two similar cases but offers two different rulings in them.
In the first case, one person said to another “what do you want with my field?” The second one answered, “I purchased it from you, and here is the bill of sale.” The first replied “that bill of sale is a forgery!”
The second leaned over to Rabba who was presiding over the court and said, “It really is a forgery, but the real contract was lost, so I thought that I would produce this one in order to bolster my claim.”
We continue our exploration of the rules of ownership vs possession and chazakah.