Har HaBait Jewish Sovereign for all Israel

  Gittin 14a  The William Davidson Talmud  (Koren - Steinsaltz) 14a בְּהַהִיא הֲנָאָה דְּקָא מִשְׁתַּנְּיָא לֵיהּ בֵּין מִלְוָה יְשָׁנָה לְמִלְוָה חֲדָשָׁה, גָּמַר וּמְשַׁעְבֵּיד נַפְשֵׁיהּ. With that benefit that the borrower receives when his debt changes from an old debt to a new debt, he fully pledges himself to the new lender. The borrower prefers to have a new lender from whom he can ask for an extension of the deadline for the repayment of his debt. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הוּנָא מָר בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב נְחֶמְיָה לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, כְּגוֹן הָנֵי דְּבֵי בַּר אֶלְיָשִׁיב, דְּכָפְתִי וְשָׁקְלִי לְאַלְתַּר, הָכִי נָמֵי דְּלָא קָנוּ?! Huna Mar, son of Rav Neḥemya, said to Rav Ashi: If that is so, what about a case where the debt is transferred to these members of the house of bar Elyashiv? As, those implacable people bind debtors with handcuffs and take their money immediately when the time for repayment arrives. They certainly would not add to the time that the b...