A Mistake Always Returns/ errors and omissions excepted/E. and O.E.

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A Mistake Always Returns/ errors and omissions excepted/E. and O.E.

A mistake has a tendency to occur and then recur; if there is an error in a transaction, one may be able to back out of it.

("Any acquisition made in error is reversible" — Gittin 14a; likewise: "A defective purchase is a mistaken sale and always reversible, even if Reuben bought it from a non-Jew and Simeon was also trying to buy it from the non-Jew" — Mordekhai, Tractate Bava Batra, chapter "The Seller of the Ship," rem. 563; likewise: "One who sells to his fellow by measure, weight, or count and makes an error of any amount is always able to reverse it" — Choshen Mishpat 232:1; and likewise: "Who then can prevent the 'shet'ev' from changing his choice after experts have shown him his mistake? The mouth that prohibited is the mouth that permitted, and a mistake, when it depends on choice, is always reversible" — Bialik / Culture and Politics).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טָעוּת לְעוֹלָם חוֹזֶרֶת (טל"ח)

Definition (Hebrew)

דַּרְכָּהּ שֶׁל טָעוּת לְהִתְרַחֵשׁ וְלַחֲזֹור שׁוּב (בַּמָּקוֹר נֶאֱמַר 'טָעוּת- לְעוֹלָם חוֹזֵר', כְּלוֹמַר אִם יֶשְׁנָהּ טָעוּת בְּעִסְקָה אָדָם יָכוֹל לַחֲזֹר בּוֹ מִמֶּנָּה).

("כָּל קִנְיָן בְּטָעוּת- חוֹזֵר"- גִּטִּין יָד ע"א, וְכֵן:"דָּהוּי מֶקַח טָעוּת וּלְעוֹלָם חוֹזֵר ואע"פ שֶׁרְאוּבֵן קִנְּאוּ מִן הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים וְגַם שִׁמְעוֹן הָיָה מְחַזֵּר אַחַר הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים לִקְנוֹתוֹ"- מָרְדְּכַי מַסֶּכֶת בָּבָא בָּתְרָא פֶּרֶק הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הַסְּפִינָה רֶמֶז תקסג, וְכֵן:"הַמֻּכָּר לַחֲבֵרוֹ בְּמִדָּה, בְּמִשְׁקָל אוֹ בְּמִנְיָן וְטָעָה בְּכָל שֶׁהוּא- חוֹזֵר לְעוֹלָם"- חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט רלב א, וְכֵן:"מִי יְעַכֵּב אֵפוֹא בְּעַד הַ'שֶׁטְּאֵב' לִשְׁנוֹת בְּחִירָתוֹ,לְאַחַר שֶׁיּוֹכִיחוּ לוֹ מֻמְחִים אֶת טָעוּתוֹ. הַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר, וְטָעוּת, הַתְּלוּיָה בַּבְּחִירָה, לְעוֹלָם חוֹזֶרֶת"-בְּיָאלִיק/ תַּרְבּוּת וּפּוֹלִיטִיקָה)

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