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Everyone who buys from the court buys with the implicit understanding that the sale generates publicity, as a court sale is conducted in public with notices. The buyer could therefore think to himself that if no claimants came forward until the time of the actual purchase, then it is certain that t
§ The Mishnah teaches: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says that even if the judges err, the transaction is not void because of the prerogative of the court. The Talmud asks: And to what extent can they err without causing the deal to be reversed? Rav Huna bar Yehuda said that Rav Sheshet said: Until half
That is also taught in a baraita: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: A court that sold property worth 100 dinars for 200 dinars, or property worth 200 dinars for 100 dinars, their sale is valid. Since he doesn’t give as an example a larger gap between the market value and the sale price, this must be
Ameimar said in the name of Rav Yosef: With regard to a court that sold without an announcement, it is considered as if they erred in a matter that appears in the Mishnah and their decision is reversed.
The Talmud asks: Why does Rav Yosef say that it is considered as if the court erred in a matter that appears in the Mishnah, when it certainly erred in this manner? As we learned in a Mishnah (Arakhin 21b): The assessment of the orphans is for 30 days, and the assessment for consecrated property is