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I hope you’re not sleeping yet. Since I can’t think of any fun, I’ll tell you one of my sheva brachos routines.
The mishna in perek 8 of gittin says that if you throw a get and it is closer to her she is divorced. The mishna says the same applies to a loan repayment.
The gemara asks, why does it work for a chov, you should need a real kinyan unlike gittin where you only need mishtameres l’daata?
The gemara answers that the malveh said “zrok li chovi b’toras gittin” Throw my loan and it will have the laws of a get.
The gemara asks, if so, of course it works.
The gemara answers, I would have thought he can defend that he was “meshateh ani buch” which I translate as “I am a shoteh in you”.
So my question is, what does that mean, I am a shoteh in you?
What is the “in you”?
The answer obviously is, “The guy said to throw his loan b’toras gittin, now he says “I’m a shoteh in you”- He is a shoteh, what are you hocking?
So, what does this have to do with the simcha?
WHAT ARE YOU HOCKING?