Bava Batra 174: Faulty Ethics, or Why 'Poverty Follows the Poor'

More on the guarantor -- distinguishing between a regular one and a "kablan guarantor." So, here, the halakhic concept becomes a halakhic category, with variations that have ramifications. How, then, does one collect money from a guarantor. Plus, a guarantor for a loan from a creditor who is not Jewish. Plus, a guarantor for a wife's ketubah funds. Also, a concrete case of using a ketubah guarantor as a means of finding the funds for the young couple (remarried) -- but such shenanigans!