Avoda Zora 4a § 4
One His Friend, One His Enemy
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| Heretics: | Then you tell us the interpretation of this verse! |
| Avahu: | I will illustrate the matter for you with a parable.
To what is this matter similar to? To a person who is collecting debts from two people, one who is his friend and one who is his enemy. He collects the debt from his friend little by little, Whereas he collects the entire debt from his enemy at one time. |