On Being a Guarantor for a Loan
Should a person be a guarantor? There are two sides to the question. Shlomo Hamelech warns several times against being a guarantor (Mishlei 11:15; 17:18; 20: 16-17 and other verses) and the Gemara also says that it is good to avoid it (Yabamos 109b). The Rambam writes that a talmid chochom does not become a…