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!
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