Apotiki (Designated Property as Lien)
Apotiki is the halachic lien by which a debtor designates a specific piece of property — classically a field — as the security for a loan, so the creditor can collect from it if the debt goes unpaid.
Apotiki is the halachic lien by which a debtor designates a specific piece of property — classically a field — as the security for a loan, so the creditor can collect from it if the debt goes unpaid. A foundational institution of Jewish monetary law.
How it traveled
- Babylonian Talmud, GittinSura (Babylonia) · c. 500 CEdefines
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וְיֹאמַר לוֹ: ״עַבְדִּי אָתָּה״ – כּוֹפִין אֶת רַבּוֹ שֵׁנִי, וְעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ בֶּן חוֹרִין, וְכוֹתֵב עֶבֶד שְׁטָר עַל דָּמָיו. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: אֵין הָעֶבֶד כּוֹתֵב אֶלָּא מְ
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