Lender/ Debtor/ borrower

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Lender/ Debtor/ borrower

Lender/ Debtor/ borrower

The borrower. A person to whom money is owed (or in common parlance: a person who has debts).

("Whoever dies and leaves a wife and a debtor, and they inherit, and he has a deposit or a loan in the hands of others, Rabbi Tarfon says they shall be given to the one who is liable in them" - Ketubot 9b, and also: "But from the Holy One, blessed be He, it was destined to bring us this. The debtor found a place to collect his debt bond" - Rashi on Genesis 44:16, and also: "For mostly, these who pursue most after the desire of money, they die as debtors, and in their lifetime they are debtors for their desire" - Rabbi Nachman of Breslov / Likutey Moharan, Torah 23, 5, and also: "I was redeeming my debtor from my Sabbath coat, which was given to him as collateral" - Shalom Aleichem / If I Were Rothschild, and also: "And behold, I must give you a gift. And if he finds to say, behold I am considered a debtor toward you" - Agnon / Yesterday, Today, and the Day Before, 422))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּעַל חוֹב

Definition (Hebrew)

הַנּוֹשֶׁה. אָדָם שֶׁחַיָּבִים לוֹ כֶּסֶף (אוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן הָעָם: אָדָם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חוֹבוֹת).

("מִי שֶׁמֵּת וְהִנִּיחַ אִשָּׁה וּבַעַל חוֹב וְיוֹרְשִׁין וְהָיָה לוֹ פִּקָּדוֹן אוֹ מִלְוָה בְּיַד אֲחֵרִים רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר יִנָּתְנוּ לַכּוֹשֵׁל שֶׁבָּהֶן"- כְּתֻבּוֹת ט ב, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל מֵאֵת הקב"ה נִהְיְתָה לְהָבִיא לָנוּ זֹאת. מָצָא בַּעַל חוֹב מָקוֹם לִגְבּוֹת שְׁטַר חוֹבוֹ"- רָשִׁ"י בְּרֵאשִׁית מַד טז, וְכֵן:"כִּי עַל פִּי רֹב, אֵלּוּ הָרוֹדְפִים בְּיוֹתֵר אַחַר תַּאֲוַת מָמוֹן, הֵם מֵתִים בַּעֲלֵי חוֹבוֹת, הֵם בְּחַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲלֵי חוֹבוֹת לְתַאֲוָתָם"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה כ"ג, ה', וְכֵן:"הָיִיתִי פּוֹדֶה מִדַּי בַּעַל חוֹבִי אֶת קַפּוֹטַת הַשַּׁבָּת שֶׁלִּי, הַנְּתוּנָה לוֹ בְּמִשְׁכּוּן"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אִלּוּ הָיִיתִי רוֹטְשִׁילְד, וְכֵן:"וַהֲרֵי אֲנִי צָרִיךְ לָתֵת לְךָ דּוֹרוֹן. וְאִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר הֲרֵינִי בִּבְחִינַת בַּעַל חוֹב לְגַבֶּיךָ"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 422)

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