Commentary for Bava Batra 174:5

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> השולח את בנו אצל חנווני (ופונדיון בידו) ומדד לו באיסר שמן ונתן לו את האיסר שבר את הצלוחית ואבד את האיסר חנווני חייב רבי יהודה פוטר שעל מנת כן שלחו ומודים חכמים לר' יהודה בזמן שהצלוחית ביד התינוק ומדד חנווני לתוכה שחנווני פטור:

[THE FATHER] HAD SENT HIM [THE CHILD]. BUT THE SAGES AGREE WITH R. JUDAH THAT IN THE CASE WHEN THE BOTTLE WAS IN THE HAND OF THE CHILD, AND THE SHOPKEEPER MEASURED OUT INTO IT, THE SHOPKEEPER IS ABSOLVED. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. One can well understand that, in [the case of] the isar and the oil, the dispute [in our Mishnah between the Rabbis<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Sages who hold the shopkeeper responsible for the losses. ');">¹²</span> and R. Judah] depends on the following [views]. The Rabbis maintain that [the father] has sent [the child merely] to inform [the shopkeeper of what he required],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was the shopkeeper's duty to find a reliable person with whom to send the oil and the change. He had no authority to entrust these to the child. ');">¹³</span>

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