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BAVA KAMA (IYUN)

Bava Kama 2b โ€” Iyun

If Your Ox Kills Someone, Who Really Pays?

Part of Bava Kama (Iyun)

A detailed Bava Kama sugya on the Mishnah's four categories of damage, Rashi's view that 'death' for an ox's owner means monetary payment rather than literal death, and how negligence versus ownership determines liability.

Audio Transcript
Introducing Rashiโ€™s Comment on Bava Kamma

here. Bava Kamma here. Bava Kamma ื“ืฃ ื‘' ืขืžื•ื“ ื‘'. There is a Rashi here that says something that needs explanation. Rashi says it in connection to something of the Gemara, but it's not the the ืขื ื™ืŸ the ืขื ื™ืŸ that we're going to discuss has nothing to do with the ืขื ื™ืŸ that the Gemara talks about, it's just what Rashi says in connection to that Gemara. What Rashi says a Rashi here. ื‘ืชื ืฉื”ืจื’ ืื“ื by a ืฉื•ืจ, an ox that gores. So, we know the ื“ื™ืŸ that if it gores, there is a difference between the first three times and after that. The first three times, it's still called a ืชื. After that, it's called a ืžื•ืขื“. The difference in ื”ืœื›ื” between a ืชื and a ืžื•ืขื“ is that when it gores and causes damage, so the ืชื, the first three times you only pay ื—ืฆื™ ื ื–ืง, you only pay half of the damage. If it caused damage worth $100, you only pay 50. Then, after that, after it becomes a ืžื•ืขื“, and it causes damage, then you pay ื ื–ืง ืฉืœื. That's only concerning damage.

When an Ox Kills: Legal Consequences

What happens if an ox gores and kills a person? How? Here also, we find a difference between a ืชื and a ืžื•ืขื“. So, Rashi here So, Rashi says, what is the difference between a ืชื that kills a person and a ืžื•ืขื“ that kills a person? A ืชื is the first or second or third time that the animal does it, and the ืžื•ืขื“ is after three times, and if it does it again, it's a ืžื•ืขื“. So, Rashi says by a ืชื that kills a person, ื›ืชื™ื‘ the ืคืกื•ืง says: ืกืงื•ืœ ื™ืกืงืœ ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื•ื‘ืขืœ ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื ืงื™. You stone that the ox, and the owner of the ox is clean, clean, won't do anything to him. By ืžื•ืขื“ ื›ืชื™ื‘, it says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช. It says by a ืžื•ืขื“ that if a ืžื•ืขื“ kills a person, ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, also the master has to die. And

Rashiโ€™s View: โ€˜Mitaโ€™ Means Monetary Compensation

Rashi explains here, ื•ื”ื™ื ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ. But when the Torah says die, it doesn't mean die. It means that you pay money, ืฉืžืฉืœื ืืช ื”ื›ื•ืคืจ, you pay ื›ื•ืคืจ. But if you have a chumash, it would be this, it would be very, a Chumash Shemos? We'd look through the pesukim, and it's the easiest. Any chumash, yeah? Okay. This is a Chumash Mishpatim. So, what were we saying at the beginning that that you said it pays half? Yeah, that's by damage, that's not by killing. Oh, oh, oh, then it pays, okay. Okay. ื•ื›ื™ ื™ื’ื— ื™ื’ื— ืฉื•ืจ ื•ื›ื™ ื™ื’ื— ืฉื•ืจ ืืช ืื™ืฉ ืื• ืืช ืืฉื” ื•ืžืช, reading the pasuk, when an ox will gore a man or a woman and he shall die, ืกืงื•ืœ ื™ืกืงืœ ื”ืฉื•ืจ, you have to stone the ืฉื•ืจ, ื•ืœื ื™ืื›ืœ ืืช ื‘ืฉืจื• ื•ื‘ืขืœ ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื ืงื™, and the owner of the ox is clean, is innocent. This is the that's how it starts. ื•ืื ืฉื•ืจ ื ื’ื— ื”ื•ื, if he's a ืฉื•ืจ ื ื’ื—, he's a goring ox, ืžืชืžืœ ืฉืœืฉื from yesterday and the day before, ื•ื”ื•ืขื“ ื‘ื‘ืขืœื™ื• and the owner was warned, ื•ืœื ื™ืฉืžืจื ื• and he didn't watch him, ื•ื”ืžื™ืช ืื™ืฉ ืื• ืืฉื” and he killed a man or a woman, ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื™ืกืงืœ, you stone the ืฉื•ืจ, ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, and also this owner shall die. Then the pasuk continues: ืื ื›ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•, if you will put ื›ื•ืคืจ, if a ransom money will be imposed upon the owner, ื•ื ืชืŸ ืคื“ื™ืŸ ื ืคืฉื•, then he pays the ransom money, whatever the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ืคืกืง'ืก. This is what the pasuk says. So, clearly, the pasuk says first time, or the second, or the two first few times, you just kill the ox, and the owner pays nothing. Afterwards, if it happens more than later, you kill the ox, and the owner shall die, too. And then the pasuk says, but if you will give ransom money, then he is clean. Then he gives ืคื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื ืคืฉื•, whatever he gives. I take it these are different oxen. No? No. Why That's where I start reading the Rashi. So, Rashi says that a ืชื, from here we see that a ืชื that kills a person, stone the ox and ื‘ืขืœ ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื ืงื™. By a ืžื•ืขื“, it says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช. the owner should die. But Rashi adds here, ื•ื’ื ื“ื”ื ื”ืื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ. And it says here that the man, the owner dies, it doesn't mean die, it means he pays money. ืฉืžืฉืœื ืืช ื”ื›ื•ืคืจ, it means that money. When it says further, ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•, if ransom money will be put on him, that's what the pasuk means. When the pasuk says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, means money. How much money? So Rashi says ื“ืžื™ ื ื”ืจื’ ืœื™ืจืฉื™ื•. You have to pay to the ื™ื•ืจืฉื™ื, to the heirs, you have to pay the value of the person who died. And the Gemara goes in how you evaluate a person. You would figure out in the market as a slave how much he would be worth. So the person that died, the ื ื”ืจื’, how much he's worth, that's how much you pay, Rashi says. ื•ืœื ืžื™ืชื” ืžืžืฉ, but the pasuk doesn't mean that he actually dies, ื“ืืžืจื™ื ืŸ ื‘ืคืจืง ืงืžื ื“ืกื ื”ื“ืจื™ืŸ, because it says in the first ืคืจืง of ืกื ื”ื“ืจื™ืŸ, ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืชื• ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื•, ื•ืื™ ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื• ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืช ืฉื•ืจื•, that you only could kill a person if he murders. But you can't kill a person for the murder of his animal, of his shor, of his ox. So therefore, it can't mean that you kill the owner. Therefore, what this ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, when it says the owner should die, it means mamon. This is what Rashi says here. This is not the sugya, this is not the area where the Gemara discusses the the din of a a shor killing, and the tam and the muad, and how much you pay, there are other sugyot. But by the way, when Rashi is interested in explaining this inyan, this is what Rashi says. The

Rashi Appears to Conflict with the Gemara

first question that comes up here on Rashi is, Rashi seems to contradict the Gemara. The Gemara says in Ketubot, that's why he took out Ketubot, ื—ื•ืžืฉ is still noga here, the Gemara says in Ketubot, ืœืดื–, let me read the Gemara. ืชื ื™ื, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ ื‘ื ื• ืฉืœ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื‘ืจื•ืงื” ืื•ืžืจ, Rabbi Yishmael, the son of Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka says, ืœืคื™ ืฉืžืฆื™ื ื• ืœืžื•ืžืชื™ื ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื ืฉื ื•ืชื ื™ื ืžืžื•ืŸ ื•ืžืชื›ืคืจ ืœื”ื. We find in the Torah, somebody who deserves to die, ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, Hashem could There is such a thing as ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, that the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ kills, and then there is ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, which is similar to ื›ืจืช. We find in the Torah that a person, there are people who are ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื and they're able to give money and get forgiven. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says, and he quotes the pasuk that we just learned, ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•. That if you give kofer, it takes off your ืžื™ืชื”. And it goes on, ื™ื›ื•ืœ, I would think, ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, same thing maybe happens if ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ has to kill you, it's also possible to redeem yourself with money, and he quotes a pasuk you can't. What do we see from Rabbi Yishmael b'no shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka? That when the Torah says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, it means he dies. It doesn't mean bidei adam, it means bidei shamayim. So it doesn't mean mamon. What the pasuk means is, first it says that if he's a muad, then the owner deserves ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Then the pasuk says you could take off the ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื also by giving kofer, that's what he says here, that we find in the Torah that mamon could take off ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. So, if we would look at the pasuk, say, is this ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, what does it mean? It means mitah, or it means mamon? It means ืžื™ืชื”, ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื! So how does Rashi write by us here in Bava Kamma, ื“ื”ื ื”ืื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ, that this mitah means mamon, v'lo mitah mamash, not mitah mamash. Would that It's a setirah to the Gemara! Depends if he can afford it, he'd have to pay. If he can't afford it No, but the pasuk doesn't mean that. Lechatchilah he has ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, if he pays the money But Rashi doesn't say that! Rashi says ื“ื”ื ื”ืื™ ืžื™ืชื” That's what Rashi thinks. Rashi says the ืคืกื•ืง Rashi says ื“ื”ื ื”ืื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ, that when it says mitah, it means mamon, not mitah. The pasuk doesn't mean that. You could say mitah is mitah, but you're able, because it says further, ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•. So where do we see in the Torah that you give mamon? From ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•! No, from ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ, no, but here if he means vadai, that you should. But here it says ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื•. But but from word Not not in the Gemara. But according to Rashi, not! That's the difference, exactly, see, that's that's

Is the Ownerโ€™s Death Divine or Financial?

the stira! According to the Gemara, if he wants to pay bidei Shamayim Right! According to the Gemara, if he doesn't pay money, he will get mitah bidei Shamayim. According to Rashi, he won't, cuz Rashi says there is no ืžื™ืชื” here, the ืžื™ืชื” ืœื›ืชื—ื™ืœื” means ืžืžื•ืŸ! According to Rashi, you have no choice. Right, so it's a stira. How did Rashi write something against the Gemara? The truth is, if you look at Rashi in Chumash, on the words ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, Rashi says bidei Shamayim! That means he's bidei Shamayim. He even goes further: ื™ื›ื•ืœ ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื? Maybe it means that the Beit Din should kill him. ืชืœืžื•ื“ ืœื•ืžืจ ืžื•ืช ื™ื•ืžืช ื”ืžื›ื” ืจื•ืฆื— ื”ื•ื, like he says here, ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืชื• ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื•, ื•ืื™ ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื• ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืช ืฉื•ืจื•. Kill him for his murder, not for the murder of the ืฉื•ืจ. That Rashi uses as a re'aya that it doesn't mean ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื. But Rashi does translate this, that this means mitah bidei Shamayim, which is similar to what the Gemara says in Ketubot! So how could Rashi write here that it's not? Why What was that? What was the second case where Rashi does say bidei Shamayim? Chumash. Rashi Chumash. On the same pasuk. On what pasuk? Huh? On the same pasuk where it says ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช. Rashi doesn't say, ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ. Adraba, he says mitah bidei Shamayim, mitah bidei Shamayim, which is normal because Rashi because it takes from the Gemara. And here in Bava Kamma, Rashi decided to write, ื”ืื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ. That's one problem with this Rashi. Then there's another problem. Rashi said, how much do you pay? So Rashi says, ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, you pay the value of the one that's killed. Now, this is not so pashut. This is a machloket in the Gemara between Tannaim. On ื“ืฃ ืžืณ, here in Bava Kamma, here, ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ื“ืชื ื™ื: ื•ื ืชืŸ ืคื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื ืคืฉื•.

How Much to Pay? The Kapparah Debate

Gemara quotes this pasuk which we just said, ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ ื™ื•ืฉืช ืขืœื™ื• ื•ื ืชืŸ ืคื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื ืคืฉื•. How much do you give? ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง. Rabbanan say the value of the ื ื™ื–ืง, of the one that got damaged, got killed. ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ ื‘ื ื• ืฉืœ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื‘ืจื•ืงื ืื•ืžืจ: ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง. He says you give the value of yourself. And as a matter of fact, the Gemara says, first the Gemara thought the machloket was: ืžืื™ ืœืื• ื‘ื”ื ืงืžื™ืคืœื’ื™, ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ ืกื‘ืจื™ ื›ื•ืคืจื ืžืžื•ื ื, ื•ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ ื‘ื ื• ืฉืœ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื‘ืจื•ืงื ืกื‘ืจ ื›ื•ืคืจื ื›ืคืจื”. When you give ื›ื•ืคืจ, is it to pay money for the loss, the the monetary loss, or is it a kapparah for you? So the Gemara wants to say that if it's a kapparah for you, you give how much you're worth. You give to the to the you give, you pay to the ื™ื•ืจืฉื™ื, but your value. If it's mamon, then you give how much the ื ื™ื–ืง is worth. And the Gemara says, no, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื: ื›ื•ืœื™ ืขืœืžื ื›ื•ืคืจื ื›ืคืจื”. Everyone agrees that it's a kapparah. And the machloket is in the kapparah itself, how much do you give? So it's definitely a kapparah, and there's a machloket in Gemara here. Now, if there's a machloket in Gemara here, why is Rashi interested here or why when he brings it does he decide to tell me ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง? What does Rashi say in Chumash there on on how much you give? ื•ื ืชืŸ ืคื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื ืคืฉื•. So Rashi: ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ. ืจื‘ื™ ืขืงื™ื‘ื ืื•ืžืจ: ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง. Rashi brings both opinions. He brings different names because he brings it from Mekhilta, not from our Gemara, but who says it, but ืœืคื•ืขืœ we have two opinions: ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง and ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง. So why did Rashi come and say with a ืคืฉื˜ื•ืช: you give ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, you give ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง of how much he's worth, not of how much you're worth? So this is two ืฉืืœื•ืช in what Rashi says. Rashi puts himself in a spot for no reason. It's not even noge'a to the Gemara here, just by the way, when he mentions it, Rashi says something as if this is the only, this is an accepted thing. Why is it like that? Common sense is dictated... There's no whole common sense here, we see what the Gemara says. These things... That's if there's a Gemara that's ืคืงืขืช... Not if the not if the... Right, so the the first one was that in Chumash he says that it's ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, but in the Gemara he says ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ. Yeah, but the ikar is not the stira between the Chumash to the Gemara. The ikar is that Rashi goes against the Gemara. Rashi is only mefaresh the Gemara, Rashi can't make up his own things. Has to be a little common sense, how it's how it's set up. Obviously. So this is Rashi says against the Gemara, and there Rashi and another thing, Rashi says also against Rashi comes in here to pasken when no one asked him. See, Rashi would come and say, I pasken? There must be Unless there is some ื”ื›ืจื— that this is the ื”ืœื›ื” ื‘ืขืฆื, so then we could say Rashi writes the way the ื”ืœื›ื” is, but why would Rashi Where does Rashi get it from? So to get to this, let me just say this. This nekudah whether there is ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื or not by this case, it seems, actually what does it seem? The Rabbi in a letter writes that it's a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช between ื‘ื‘ืœื™ and ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™. In ื‘ื‘ืœื™, in our Gemara, it says clearly that you get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Gemara in Ketubot: ืžืฆื™ื ื•... ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ ื‘ื ื• ืฉืœ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื‘ืจื•ืงื: ืžืฆื™ื ื• ืœืžื•ืžืชื™ื ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื ืฉื ื•ื˜ืœื™ืŸ ืžืžื•ืŸ. So our Gemara says this. Then in the ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™, it's ืžืฉืžืข that you don't get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Where is the ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™? In ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™ it says that while Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai was sitting with his talmidim, a ื”ื’ืžื•ืŸ came, a goy came in and asked him a shaila. He said to him like this: I want to understand, why does it say ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช? He asked him a shaila, why does the pasuk say that you should If the ox killed, why should he be killed? So he said to him: A why? ืฉื•ืชืฃ ืœืกื˜ื™ื ื›ืœืกื˜ื™ื. A partner to a thief is a thief himself. And therefore since it's his ox, he gets killed. He walked out. When he left, ืืžืจื• ืœื• ืชืœืžื™ื“ื™ื•, his talmidim said to Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai: ืœื–ื” ื“ื—ื™ืช ื‘ืงื ื”. This guy you answered stam azoy, you pushed him away, a stupid answer, but tell us the real reason. Why does the pasuk say ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช? So he said: I'll tell you. All the pasuk is not The pasuk doesn't mean he dies. The pasuk comes to teach us a new din. And the din is that ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ืฉื•ืจ, ื›ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื›ืš ืžื™ืชืช ื”ืฉื•ืจ. That means like this: when this ืฉื•ืจ kills and you have to kill him, it's an exceptional ื“ื™ืŸ. You have to take the ืฉื•ืจ to trial. And not only that, normally when you try, when you have a monetary case, three ื“ื™ื™ื ื™ื are enough. When it's a capital case, then you have to have 23 ื“ื™ื™ื ื™ื. There are three types of ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ: a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of three, a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 23, and a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 71. ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 71 is ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ื”ื’ื“ื•ืœ. So for monetary things, I owe you money, you don't owe me money, I you damaged, you damaged, whatever, I stole, all these things you only need a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of three. When it comes to judge a person for death, you have to have a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 23. Certain things you need a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 71. When you judge this ox, you have to have a ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ of 23. Judging the ox whether you should kill him or not is a monetary thing. It's like, you know, you break his car, you don't break his car, you kill his ox, you don't kill his ox. Where do you know it from? So the

Court Requirements for Judging an Ox

Gemara says this is where we know it from. The ืคืกื•ืง says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช. Not that it means that the ื‘ืขืœ actually gets killed. Wants to tell you that ืฉื•ืจ ื™ืกืงืœ ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, that you stone the ืฉื•ืจ similar to what you would do when you would kill if you would have to kill his master. So that's what the ืคืกื•ืง means. This is what Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai answered. So obviously from Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai's answer we see he holds there is no ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื here. So it's a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ื‘ื‘ืœื™ ื•ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™. In Bavli it says Rabbi Yishmael birabbi Yochanan said it's a ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, and in Yerushalmi it says that you don't get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. This Rashi is in Bavli? Oh, this Rashi is in Bavli. Now it seems like this Rashi here is somehow decided to go like Yerushalmi. Why would Rashi decide to go like Yerushalmi? Es vayzt oys that for some reason Rashi holds like that. In a moment we'll see why how Rashi could go. Usually when you have a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ื‘ื‘ืœื™ ื•ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™ you pask'n like Bavli. So it should be like Bavli. Nevertheless here for some reason Rashi holds like that. And it seems like it's a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช Rashi and Tosafos what the halacha is here. Whether the halacha is here that you do get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, you're just in kofer you could take it off, or there is no ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื at all. Is the lashon in the in the Gemara... In the lashon of the Gemara is it just death or it says ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื? In Bavli what does it say? ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. It says clearly ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Because there is another Gemara. A Gemara Sanhedrin. Let's take it out, see... Sanhedrin ื“ืฃ ื˜ืดื•. No, I'm just looking at the print. It's just because I have another one over there. It's a little smaller and easier to handle. Okay. Sanhedrin ื“ืฃ ื˜ืดื•? Huh? Very good, very good. On ื“ืฃ ื˜ืดื• the Gemara brings the Mishnah: ืฉื•ืจ ื”ื ืกืงืœ ื‘ืขืฉืจื™ื ื•ืฉืœืฉื”. That when you kill a ืฉื•ืจ, this type of ืฉื•ืจ, you have to have 23. ืฉื ืืžืจ, the Gemara says where do we know it from, so it quotes this pasuk: ืฉื•ืจ ื™ืกืงืœ ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื›ืš ืžื™ืชืช ื”ืฉื•ืจ. The same way you kill him. ืืžืจ ืœื™ื” ืื‘ื™ื™ ืœืจื‘ื, the Gemara says, Abaye asked ืจื‘ื, ื•ืžืื™ ื“ื”ืื™ ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื›ืš ืžื™ืชืช ื”ืฉื•ืจ ื”ื•ื ื“ืืชื? How do you know that the pasuk comes to teach us by ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช that you should kill the ืฉื•ืจ the same way you kill the ื‘ืขืœื™ื? ืื™ืžื ืœืžืงื˜ืœื™ื” ื”ื•ื ื“ืืชื? Maybe it comes that you should kill him takeh? So he says, ืื ื›ืŸ, in that case it should say... it's a different lashon. Then he goes vayter, maybe this is what it means. Anyway the Gemara finishes off that we have a re'aya that we can't kill the person. The Gemara here comes out, ืืžืจ ืงืจื... ืžื•ืช ื™ื•ืžืช ื”ืžื›ื” ืจื•ืฆื— ื”ื•ื, you can't say that the pasuk means you should kill him, because ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืชื• ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื• ื•ืื™ ืืชื” ื”ื•ืจื’ื• ืขืœ ืจืฆื™ื—ืช ืฉื•ืจื•, because we know that we kill a person for his murder, not for his ืฉื•ืจ's murders. That's what Rava answered... Abaye answered Rava? Who asked who again? Abaye asked Rava, so Rava answered Abaye that the ืคืกื•ืง cannot mean that you should kill him, because another ืคืกื•ืง says you don't kill a person if his ืฉื•ืจ kills. So obviously what does the ืคืกื•ืง mean? To teach you ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื›ืš ืžื™ืชืช ื”ืฉื•ืจ. That's what the Gemara says here. Comes Rashi, when he asked him a ืงืฉื™ื, ืื™ืžื ืœืžืงื˜ืœื™ื”, maybe the ืคืกื•ืง comes that you kill him, ืœื—ื™ื™ื‘, so Rashi ื˜ื™ื™ื˜ืฉื˜ ืขืก ืœื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืžื™ืชื” ืœื‘ืขืœื™ื. Maybe the ืคืกื•ืง tells you to ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืžื™ืชื”. ื•ืœื—ื™ื™ื‘ื™ื” ืžื™ืชื”, and let's give him takeh ืžื™ืชื”. ื•ื”ื™ื›ื™ ืžืคืงื™ื ืŸ ืœื™ื” ืžืคืฉื•ื˜ื™ื” ืœื’ืžืจื™? How could we take the ืคืกื•ืง out from its complete peshat at all? We're saying that when it says ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, we're taking it out, it doesn't mean that, we're taking it out from its peshat completely. Why would you do that? And according to this, what's the answer? Why do we do that? Because we have another ืคืกื•ืง that we don't kill a person for ืจืฆื™ื—ื” of somebody else. When Tosafot explains this Gemara, Tosafot goes in a whole ืขืกืง here, and Tosafot ืคื™ืจื˜ ืื•ื™ืก a lot further words, ืžื›ืœ ืžืงื•ื ื›ื™ ืžื•ืงืžื™ื ืŸ ืœื™ื” ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื, even after the Gemara says ื›ืžื™ืชืช ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื that the ืคืกื•ืง ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื•... ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช teaches you that you have to have 23 by ืฉื•ืจ, ื“ืจืฉื™ื ืŸ ื ืžื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. We still use it for ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, because ืื™ืŸ ืžืงืจื ื™ื•ืฆื ืžื™ื“ื™ ืคืฉื•ื˜ื•. We can't change the ืคืกื•ืง from its simple ืคืฉื˜, ื“ืžืฉืžืข ื“ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ื‘ืžื™ืชื”. So what do we see the ืกื•ื’ื™ื here between Rashi and Tosafot? That Rashi says that when we darsh the pasuk to teach you that you need 23 for the ืฉื•ืจ, we're taking away the pasuk completely from the peshat, which means that according to the maskana, we takeh don't learn ืžื™ืชื” at all here. Tosafot says that even after we take it out, what do we mean we take it out of the peshat? Normally you might learn means ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, or ืฉื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ kills. What happens is we say no, it means Beit Din doesn't kill, but it still remains ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. So we

Rashi vs Tosafot: Interpreting the Pasuk

see clearly here a machloket Rashi and Tosafot, lemaskana, that Tosafot learns that even after we have the darsh that it means that showed that you need 23, bleibt, ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช means ืžื™ืชื”, but it doesn't mean, we could have thought ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, no, so we have a pasuk it means ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Rashi says that we take it out ืคืฉื•ื˜ื• ืœื’ืžืจื™, completely out of the peshat. If simple peshat it means ืžื™ืชื”, Rashi took it out. So mimela, obviously the machloket Rashi and Tosafot is whether we pasak like the Bavli, pasak like the Yerushalmi. In Bavli, in Ketubot it says that there is no ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, that there is, I mean this is ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, and that's how Tosafot follows. Rashi, for some reason, her, learns that we take it out ืœื’ืžืจื™, and therefore there is no ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื at all. So what does ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช mean? Lechatchila that means money, can't mean ืžื™ืชื”, and why does it say, to teach you that ื“ื™ืŸ of that there be 23? Because of that, Rashi in Chumash, Rashi in Chumash we know explains the ื—ื•ืžืฉ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืคืฉื•ื˜ื• ืฉืœ ืžืงืจื, so Rashi can't change the pshat. So when you explain it ืขืœ ืคื™ ืคืฉื˜, you have to write it means ืžื™ืชื”. Fakert, it could have meant ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื also, and Rashi has to explain why not. But Rashi in the Gemara, which doesn't go ืขืœ ืคื™ ืคืฉื˜, for some reason, Rashi feels that the halacha is that you don't get ืžื™ืชื” at all, and that's why Rashi says no ืžื™ืชื” at all. The question is, but it doesn't fit in the Bavli. Where now we're still, I just tried to put it all together to show how Rashi go goes. But Rashi does not go according to the Bavli. Rashi goes according to the Yerushalmi. And the klal is that ื‘ื‘ืœื™ ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™, ื”ืœื›ื” ื›ื‘ื‘ืœื™. Unless we're going to find some re'iyah that this ื“ืขื”, this that the Bavli says, if Shmuel, whether Reish Lakish or Rabbi Yochanan says, it's only an opinion of a yachid. The Gemara takeh brings it, and in that Gemara we don't find anyone arguing, so lichorah the Gemara brings it, this is it. If we will find out somehow that this is an opinion of him, but there are arg, no, others that argue against him, and they are the majority, automatically we will say that the halacha is like the others. The only thing is, we have to look for the Bavli, do we find someplace in the Bavli that shows that this is a machloket, and not only a machloket, a machloket that the others are are the Rabbanan, and because of that we go... So obviously, before I even explain how, this will be the machloket Rashi and Tosafot. Tosafot will say, since the Bavli says it, there is no one arguing, it's against the Yerushalmi, the ื”ืœื›ื” ื›ื‘ื‘ืœื™, that's why I pask. Rashi somehow feels that we will find in the Bavli a ืจืื™ื” that this is not what the Bavli brings it only as an opinion, but this is not the halacha. Now, how can we get to find that? So let's get to this. What is takeh the sevara whether he gets ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื or not? We have two opinions here. Whether if again, what is it, an ox gores and kills a person, does the owner need to get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, and he could take it off by mamon, or there is no ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื to begin with? These are the, what are the two tzadadim? So, bipashtut to explain the two sevarot is as follows. In the whole concept of a person being responsible for his ox that gores, which we call ื ื–ืงื™ ืžืžื•ืŸ, there's a whole discussion in the Acharonim. What We learned in the beginning of the ืžืฉื ื”, ืืจื‘ืขื” ืื‘ื•ืช ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ, there are four types of ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ. If your ืฉื•ืจ gores, ืงืจืŸ, ืฉืŸ, ืจื’ืœ, different forms of ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ, if you make a ื‘ื•ืจ, fire, all the things, you are chayav to pay. Why are you chayav to pay?

Two Sevarot: Negligence vs Ownership

There are two major sevarot, and there's an argument, and there's a chakirah which of the two sevarot is the main. There are definitely two conditions that must be in order to be to be chayav. It has to be yours, and you have to have not watched it properly. That's the din. Let's say your your your ox, if it's not your ox, then you're not responsible. Even if it is your ox, you have to have it not watched. If you watched it properly, and an ones happened, something somebody went and broke the door open and the ox went out, you wouldn't have to pay. So, negligence. It's not definitely ืœื ืฉืžืจื•, we call it peshiah, you could say that, we don't use the word peshiah, but ืœื ืฉืžืจื•. So, these are two conditions. Now, the question of it is Which of these these two conditions is the reason why you're chayav, and the other one would be a condition that if it's not met you'd become patur? So which of the two is like that? In other words, you could one shita is to learn the reason you're ืžื—ื™ื™ื‘ a person for the ื ื’ื™ื—ื”, for the goring of his ox, because he didn't watch it. Why are you responsible? Because you didn't watch it. But there is a condition: the fact that you didn't watch him is only applies if it was yours. So the real reason is the cause, ืœื ืฉืžืจ. The fact that it's ืžืžื•ื ืš, that it's yours, is a condition. There is a ืกื‘ืจื ืคืืจืงืขืจื˜: the reason you're chayav is because it's your your ืฉื•ืจ. Whatever your ืฉื•ืจ does, you are responsible. It's yours, just like if a child your child goes and breaks someone's window, you'll pay. Why will you pay? You didn't do it. Because it's yours, it's your child so you. Same thing lehavdil, but this is your animal, so you're responsible. I just used an example. I know the din there is not that way. That's a that's only an example of understanding it, because in our blunt mind it's the din is that the child does ืขืœ ืคื™ ื”ืœื›ื” you don't pay. And nevertheless we would feel that we would pay. So the other way is that the reason is because it's ืžืžื•ื ืš. Now there is a condition: even if it's yours, which means that there is the reason why you should be responsible, if you didn't, if you watched it, you become patur. So that's the The she'eilah is ืœื ืฉืžืจ or or or or or ืžืžื•ื ืš. The difference is in logic. When are you, which part do you have in the aveirah of the of the ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ? If it's because ืœื ืฉืžืจ, you did something before which brought the ืฉื•ืจ to be ืžื–ื™ืง. While the ืฉื•ืจ is ืžื–ื™ืง, you didn't do anything. The ืฉื•ืจ is ืžื–ื™ืง, that's the ืฉื•ืจ. But since you did something before that you didn't you weren't careful, you brought the ืฉื•ืจ to do it. According to the other way, when, which part are you in the ื”ื™ื–ืง? While the ืฉื•ืจ is ืžื–ื™ืง, that's you. It's an extension of you, that's why you're chayav. That's the difference between the two. Which ื‘ืืžืช could be the pshat in that Yerushalmi in the first sentence or the second sentence. When the guy came to ask him, \"Why does it say ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช?\" So what did he answer to the goy? ืฉื•ืชืฃ ืœื™ืกื˜ื™ื ื›ืœื™ืกื˜ื™ื. A partner of a thief is a thief. What did he mean? That's you. He did it, it's yours, so you're part. Came the came the talmidim and said to him, \"No, we know it's not true.\" So he told them that what does the pasuk come to teach you, a different din. That he takeh doesn't get killed. Why? Because it's not you. In other words, the difference whether there is a ื—ื™ื•ื‘ ืžื™ืชื” on the owner will depend on these two reasons. If the

Liability for Death Depends on Reason

reason is for not watching him, you, the owner, have no part in the in the murder. The ืฉื•ืจ murdered, killed. You just did something before which has nothing to do with murder. You just weren't careful. So therefore, it happened, but you are not a ืจื•ืฆื—. There is no way you have a connection to ืจืฆื™ื—ื”. According to the other way, that it's ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง, while he is doing it, you are, avadai not like you're shooting the guy, but you are part of you is being ืจื•ืฆื—, you are a ืจื•ืฆื—. Now the difference will be whether there is even any possibility of ื—ื™ื•ื‘ ืžื™ืชื”. If the reason is because ืœื ืฉืžืจ, why would you ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืžื™ืชื”? For not watching you get ืžื™ืชื”? But if you have a share, if it's ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง, you have a share in the ืจืฆื™ื—ื”, you have a share in the murder, yeah, you get ืžื™ืชื”. But you didn't murder with your hand, and the pasuk says you only get killed for murdering yourself, so you get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Not real ืžื™ืชื”, but ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. So the ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช between the two is based on this. The Yerushalmi, we said, holds that you don't get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, because the Yerushalmi the ืžืกืงื ื holds that the reason is ืœื ืฉืžืจ. The hava amina that he answered, which they didn't accept, was you're a ืฉื•ืชืฃ, which means it's ืžืžื•ื ืš. And they said, \"No, that's just\" The ืžืกืงื ื is not, that's why Yerushalmi holds that way. Now the the

Bavli Holds Death Liability via Ownership

Bavli where it says here that you do get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื is because it holds that the ikar it is because ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง, so you get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Okay, that's that's a sevara. Now the other ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช that we have, how much do you pay ื›ื•ืคืจ? If the the ืฉื•ืจ gored the ืžื•ืขื“, and you and you assess money, whether it's ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง or ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง, you pay the value of ื ื™ื–ืง, ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง, depends on the same ืฉืืœื”. If the vort is that it's you, you have a ื—ืœืง in this, then what is the pshat? Why do you pay? You pay because the ืžื–ื™ืง, because you killed. So you need a kaparah for yourself, so you have to pay ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง. If it's because ืœื ืฉืžืจ, so you didn't really have a ื—ืœืง in the you can't give for you, but what you have to You are a cause for someone's life to be lost, so you have to pay ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง. So it comes out like this: it's interesting that in both places, it's the same person. Who says in Kesubos that you get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื? Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka. Who is the one here that says that It's ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง, Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka. It's somewhere here. What was it here? ื“ืฃ ืž'? Here: ื•ื ืชืŸ ืคื“ื™ื•ืŸ ื ืคืฉื• ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ ื‘ื ื• ืฉืœ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื‘ืจื•ืงื” ืื•ืžืจ ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง.

Rabbi Yishmael's Unified Opinion

It's ืœืฉื™ื˜ืชื•! It's the same person because it's all based on the same klal. If you hold ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง, then automatically you hold... So, so it comes out like this: that Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka over there, he says you get misah bidei shamayim because the ikar is ืžืžื•ื ืš ื”ื–ื™ืง, that's the reason. Here he says ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง because the ikar is ืžืžื•ื ืš ื”ื–ื™ืง. Now, Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka here has a machlokes with the Rabbanan. The Rabbanan are rabbim, so the halacha by the how much you pay is like the Rabbanan, which is you pay ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง. No, against Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka, the one that's ื ื™ื–ืง. So, so obviously we pasken that the ikar is because ืœื ืฉืžืจ, and not because of ืžืžื•ื ืš, that's what we pasken. So even though the Gemara over there in Kesubos there is no machlokes of Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka, but if it's all based on the same klal, so you have to say that the Rabbanan who argue here argue there too. And memeila, just like here the halacha is like the Rabbanan, which means the halacha is ืขืœ ืœื ืฉืžืจ, the halacha should be over there ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ื›ืจืช ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื also like the Rabbanan that you don't get. That's why Rashi in, in, in, in Sanhedrin says, \"No, that it's ืžื™ืชื” ืžืคืฉื•ื˜ื• ืœื’ืžืจื™.\" Why? Because Rashi says, \"I have a Gemara that says the machlokes of Rabbi Yochanan, the halacha is ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, so automatically you can't give ื›ืœ ืžื™ืชื”.\" And that's why Rashi in Bava Kama here says both things. Both she'eilos we had are answered together. We asked the she'elah, \"Why does Rashi say ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื•, ื”ืจื™ ืžื™ืชื” ื”ื™ื™ื ื• ืžืžื•ืŸ? Where does he take it from?\" And then he says ื“ืžื™ ื ืขืจืš. The two things go together. He says ื“ืžื™ ื ืขืจืš because the halachah is ื“ืžื™ ื ืขืจืš, and mimeila it must be ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื you do get... that you don't get! That you don't get. Ay, the Bavli, ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ื‘ื‘ืœื™ ื•ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™? It's not a machloket. Now we're saying it's not a ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช ื‘ื‘ืœื™ ื•ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™, because the Bavli, where do we see Bavli says it? The Bavli brings Rabbi Yochanan, Yishmael, and no argument. But that's a ื“ืขืช ื™ื—ื™ื“ now that we know that the two things are connected. So lefo'al, we have a re'ayah the Bavli also agrees. This is how Rashi will say it. Tosafot will obviously not connect it to machloket. You don't have to, you don't have to say the sevara in every machloket. So ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, Tosafot will say this is lo davka it's connected, and mimeila what will Tosafot say? And there are re'ayot, we'll have time, from many places in Bava Kama, that ื‘ื›ืœืœ Tosafot is of the opinion that the reason for ื”ื™ื–ืง is ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง. That's the opinion of Tosafot. And if we have time, I'll show you in more places. And Rashi's opinion, the halachah is that it's ืขืœ ืœื ืฉืžืจ ืฉื•ืจื•, and therefore if Tosafot says that's the halachah, so for some reason Tosafot says that if Rabbi Yishmael beno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka says that you get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, that's the halachah, because Tosafot holds the shitah that the ikar is mamon. And over here, this machlokes must be based on something else. I mean, there are all kinds of biurim you could explain what the machlokes is here by ื“ืžื™ ืžื–ื™ืง ื•ื ื™ื–ืง. Tosafos doesn't connect the two, and if Tosafos doesn't connect the two, we're left that in Bavli we have an opinion of Rabbi Yishmael bno shel Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka that it's ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื without a machlokes. So automatically, what comes out from there? That the ikar is that Bavli argues on the Yerushalmi, and the halacha according to the Bavli is that you do get ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. That's why Tosafos in Sanhedrin says clearly that even that the Gemara says that it doesn't mean ืžื™ืชื”, Tosafos says, \"Well, but we're not taking it away ืžืคืฉื•ื˜ื• ืœื’ืžืจื™, ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื you get,\" because Tosafos holds there is a reason to give ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. What do you do with the ืื ื›ื•ืคืจ? No, if you give money, you take off the misah. That everyone agrees. I mean, ืžืฆื™ื ื• ื‘ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื ืฉื ื™ืชืŸ ื›ืคืจื”. But is it the mazik or the nizak by by Tosafos? What what... Could be Tosafos ืคืกืงื ื˜ like the Rabbanan anyways, ื“ืžื™ ื ื™ื–ืง, but for a different reason, he doesn't connect this machlokes. The interesting thing we see is like this: the

Rambam on ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื

Rambam says like this, the Rambam brings this din, the din of ืฉื•ืจ ื”ืžื•ืขื“ that killed, and he says the pasuk says ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช, ืžืคื™ ื”ืฉืžื•ืขื” ืœืžื“ื•, means the chachamim learned out that this misah does not mean ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, it means ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. Not like, not like Rashi, which according to Rashi it's a rabim, according to Tosafos it's not a ืจื‘ื™ื, we don't have a ื™ื—ื™ื“ ื•ืจื‘ื™ื in here. The Rambam says this: interesting is not only the Rambam says that it's ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, he even says in a lashon that the ื—ื›ืžื™ื had have a special ืœื™ืžื•ื“ that it's not ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื. In other words, you could have even thought it's ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, that ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ should kill, but they learned out, \"No, it's ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื.\" So the Rambam learns that it's ืžื™ืชื” ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื, that it is, which is not like Rashi. When we stay in the Rambam, the beginning of ื”ืœื›ื•ืช ื ื–ืงื™ ืžืžื•ืŸ, people might, you know what, let's look at, I'm already looking into the sefarim so we'll look, it's it's much geshmaker. Nezikin. In the beginning of ื”ืœื›ื•ืช ื ื–ืงื™ ืžืžื•ืŸ. I like having the whole house. It's far more loose. It says like this: ื›ืœ ื ืคืฉ ื—ื™ื” ืฉื”ื™ื ื‘ืจืฉื•ืชื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื, any living animal that belongs, that's in the ืจืฉื•ืช of a person, ืฉื”ื–ื™ืงื”, if it's ืžื–ื™ืง, ื”ื‘ืขืœื™ื ื—ื™ื™ื‘ื™ื ืœืฉืœื. The owners have to pay. Then you would wait now and see why. ืฉื”ืจื™ ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง. He doesn't say, \"ืฉื”ืจื™ ืœื ืฉืžืจื•,\" ืฉื”ืจื™ ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง. It's a ืžืฉืžืข that the Rambam follows the shita, that the ikar reason why you're chayav is ืžืžื•ื ื. Then there's a condition. That later it'll say that if you did watch it, you don't pay. If you didn't watch it, you do pay. But the gantze sugya, the Rambam gives that ืฉื”ืจื™ ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง. So we see that the Rambam goes with the shita that it's ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง. Now we understand that if the Rambam goes with the shita of ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง, so automatically when it comes to explain what ื•ื’ื ื‘ืขืœื™ื• ื™ื•ืžืช means, he, that's why he says ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืฉืžื™ื. And it could have, since ืžืžื•ื ื ื”ื–ื™ืง you're part of the ืจืฆื™ื—ื”, he has to have onesh. Don't think it's ื‘ื™ื“ื™ ืื“ื, you could have even thought, but certainly have onesh. So it's not like Rashi, but it's like Tosafos. So Tosafos and the Rambam will go with one shita, and Tosafos and the Rambam, and Rashi will go with another shita based on this nekudah. This Rashi will be based on the nekudah whether it's ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง or ืืฉืจ ืœื ื™ืฉืžืจื ื•. And we find different places between Rashi and Tosafos where the difference would is between the two. Just to use one example, just a small one. It's a big one. It wouldn't be too long. Here in the Mishnah, It's a long page. Here in the Mishnah the

Mishnah on Four Types of Damage

Mishnah says, we learned it last week, ืœื ื–ื” ื›ื–ื”, well the Mishnah goes into explaining why the Torah has to tell us all four mazikim. If the Torah would say one of them, we would all have our own learn out. Well if this is chayav, why wouldn't you be chayav? Why did it, so the Mishnah goes, all kind, and it gives reasons why not. Because if we would say this we would think, \"Well, maybe only this one is chayav because it has a certain chumra, and the other one not.\" Now one of the things the Mishnah doesn't bring is what would be if it would say just eish? One of them is eish, if you start a fire. And the Mishnah doesn't say if you could say the Torah just that you're chayav for eish, we would know the rest, and the Mishnah has to explain why not. The Mishnah doesn't mention this. So, Tosafos says, \"You know why the Mishnah doesn't mention it? Because the Gemara didn't find anything.\" There was nothing, no chumra in eish, there's nothing in eish that's more strict than others that we would be able to say that if we could say just eish we would think that's special. So the Gemara doesn't say it. Then Tosafos says, \"Well it's not true. We look later in the Gemara. The Gemara gives the characteristics of every one of these ืžื–ื™ืงื™ื.\" And we went through that last ืœืžืฉืœ, one of the things is ืงืจืŸ, if you do by horn. What is the ืื‘, the case of ืงืจืŸ? Is ื›ื•ื•ื ืชื• ืœื”ื–ื™ืง. Any time it does ื ื–ืง with kavanah. So if it gores, it's kavanah to be ืžื–ื™ืง, what else does it do it for? The same, so the ืชื•ืœื“ื•ืช, there are other things that we learn out. If it steps, if it bites, then we have ืจื’ืœ, if it walks ืกืชื normally and it breaks things on the way. That characteristic is ื”ื™ื–ืงืŸ ืžืฆื•ื™. It's a common thing to happen. Anything that happens that way, like if it's walking and it's just normally and it with with the hand with the foot does something, Then Then ืฉืŸ. ืฉืŸ is a third case, if it eats. That means it's a characteristic of having ื”ื ืื” from the ื”ื™ื–ืง. If it eats, anything that has ื”ื ืื” is in that category. Then the Gemara categorizes ืืฉ. ืืฉ is ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘ ื‘ื•. The characteristic is that the way it ืžื–ื™ืง, the way it does the damage is because there is air and with the air it travels. There's another thing that's involved. Anything that is ืžื–ื™ืง because of a wind, because of anything else, ืœืžืฉืœ, you put a rock on top of the roof, and the wind comes and blows it down, and the common wind, and while it blew it down it hurt somebody, you're chayav. In which category? It's ืืฉ. It's like ืืฉ. So Tosafos asks here, don't we find a characteristic of ืืฉ, why doesn't the Mishnah say it? So he says, \"No, it's a characteristic, but not a chumra. There's, this is not a description of why it's more chamur because it's a ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘. ืื“ืจื‘ื”, ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘ ื‘ื•, why is that a reason to be chayav? See, ื›ื•ื•ื ืชื• ืœื”ื–ื™ืง, if something that has the kavanah to be is a reason to be chayav. It did it with kavanah. It has ื”ื ืื” when it's ืžื–ื™ืง, it's a reason to be chayav, that's a chumra. But the fact that there is another ื›ื— involved, there is no, When Rashi explains explains ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘ ื‘ื•, Rashi end of ื“ืฃ ื“ืณ ืขืžื•ื“ ื‘ืณ says here clearly: ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘ ื‘ื• you're ื—ื™ื™ื‘, ื•ื”ื•ื” ืœื™ื” ืœืืกื•ืงื™ ืื“ืขืชื™ื”. You should have thought of that it could happen. You're chayav. So you have a machloket between Rashi and Tosafot whether ื›ื— ืื—ืจ ืžืขื•ืจื‘ ื‘ื•, the fact is is a chumra or not. Is a reason to be chayav or not. Now Rashi gives a good reason, because you should have watched it better. Why doesn't Tosafot accept the reason? Very simple. Rashi says the ikar of the ื”ื–ื™ืง is ืœื ืฉืžืจ. So anything that helps out in the in the problem of ืœื ืฉืžืจ is a reason for ื”ื–ื™ืง. Tosafot says that's a side thing, that's not ikar is ืžืžื•ื ื•. So the fact that ืœื ืฉืžืจ is not a reason enough to make it into a to be a sevara for a ืžื–ื™ืง. That's why he doesn't say it. Just to use another thing in Rashi, not in Tosafot, this is no machloket, it's totally in Rashi, just one vort. Rashi says in the Mishnah, like I said, it's just a short vort here. Rashi says in the Mishnah, after the Mishnah goes through all the ืื‘ื•ืช and everything, then the Mishnah says what is These are all ืžื–ื™ืงื™ื. Now what's the din? ื›ืฉื”ื–ื™ืง, when one of these things do ื”ื–ื™ืง, ื—ื‘ ื”ืžื–ื™ืง, so the ืžื–ื™ืง, the owner of the ืฉื•ืจ or whatever, is responsible ืœืฉืœื ืชืฉืœื•ืžื™ ื ื–ืง, responsible to pay for the ื ื–ืง, ื‘ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ื”ืืจืฅ, ืžื™ื˜ื‘ from the best of the land. That's a special din by ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ. That when you pay by ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ, if you pay with money, fine. You pay with ืžื˜ืœื˜ืœื™ืŸ, fine. If you

Payment with Land Must Use the Best (ืขื™ื“ื™ืช)

pay with land, it has to be ืขื™ื“ื™ืช, has to be the best. And that's a special din that ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ is ื’ื•ื‘ื” ืžืขื™ื“ื™ืช, from the best. You can't give just, you know, the ื–ื™ื‘ื•ืจื™ืช, the worst. Other things you could. When you pay a ื‘ืขืœ ื—ื•ื‘, The Mishnah, there's a Gemara in other places, it says, when you pay your ื›ืชื•ื‘ื”, you can pay the worst, ื–ื™ื‘ื•ืจื™ืช. When you pay a ื‘ืขืœ ื—ื•ื‘, you must give ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ืช. And when you pay for ื ื–ืง, you must give ืขื™ื“ื™ืช. And the pasuk says, clear pasuk: ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ืฉื“ื”ื• Okay, never mind. When it speaks about ื ื–ื™ืงื™ืŸ here, it says you have to pay ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ืฉื“ื”ื• ื•ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ื›ืจืžื• ื™ืฉืœื. Here: ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ืฉื“ื”ื•, the best of your field, the best of your vineyard you have to pay. So that's what you you pay ืžื™ื˜ื‘. Comes Rashi, quite explains it very no no big deal here, ื‘ืžื™ื˜ื‘ ื”ืืจืฅ, so Rashi says with the best of your land, ืžืขื™ื“ื™ืช ื ื›ืกื™ื•, from the ืขื™ื“ื™ืช of of your property, ื™ื’ื‘ื”, he should collect, the ื ื™ื–ืง should collect the money of his ื ื–ืง, he should collect from the best of the property, ืื ืจืฆื” ืœืคืจืขื• ืœืงืจืงืข, if he wants to pay ืงืจืงืข, he wants to pay land. If he wants to pay money or ืžื˜ืœื˜ืœื™ืŸ, there's no problem, but if he wants to pay land, he must give the best. The Mishnah says is a is going to be a ื“ื™ื•ืง in a word, ืžืžืฉ, an expression. The Mishnah says that when this happens, the ืžื–ื™ืง has to pay the ื ื–ืง with the best of the land. Comes Rashi and explains it and says that we want that the ื ื™ื–ืง should collect the best of the land. Why why does he change it from paying to collecting? Do we So the difference is very pashut. If you

Mื–ื™ืง vs ื ื™ื–ืง: Who Is the Focus?

hold ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง, then the focus is on the ืžื–ื™ืง. If you're a ื ื™ื–ืง, then the focus is on the on on the collecting. This whole din of ืžื™ื˜ื‘ is a special din here because of what? Is it because it's a ืžื–ื™ืง or because it's as a ื ื™ื–ืง? So according to Tosafot, it would be a ืžื–ื™ืง. So when the and according to Rashi, it would be ื ื™ื–ืง. So Rashi comes and says even though the Mishnah says it a very generic word about pay, Rashi everywhere Rashi says you collect the ืขื™ื“ื™ืช. So he changed it from from this to collect, because Rashi goes the shita of of ืœื ืฉืžืจ ืฉื•ืจื•, ืžืžื™ืœื it's all the ื ื™ื–ืง's part. And we go on with this masechta and I can tell you so many things that we could find ืžื—ืœื•ืงืช Rashi and Tosafot and the Rambam falls falls into it, and it goes with this guide that according to Rashi the main thing is because of ืœื ืฉืžืจ ืฉื•ืจื•, and according to Tosafot and the Rambam it's because of ืžืžื•ื ื• ื”ื–ื™ืง. This was very good. Very nice. Is the film on the nose? Yeah. Got the records? Schluggin? You forgot for the first time. Last week I saw you at Mincha. And I forgot, it's just So the calling wouldn't have helped. I

Personal Anecdote: Missing Mincha and Break Confusion

saw you at Mincha, like not long before, and you said I'm coming. I know, I just I forgot. And your father also didn't come, and I saw your father also. I just forgot. It was You know why, because we had such a big break. That's That must be the problem. No more no more breaks. I have that on tape now. Break is a wrong word. You have it on tape that you said it. That's not a good idea. That's five weeks to have a break. Seven weddings. All What? Weddings on Tuesday? Oh, really? [Non-speech audio]

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