Commentary for Bava Batra 174:6

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> בשלמא באיסר ושמן בהא פליגי דרבנן סברי לאודועי שדריה ור' יהודה סבר לשדורי ליה שדרי' אלא שבר צלוחית אבדה מדעת היא

and R. Judah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who absolves the shopkeeper. ');">¹⁴</span> maintains that [the father] has sent [the child] in order that [the shopkeeper] should send him [back with the things]; but, [as regards the] breaking of the bottle, [why should the Rabbis lay the responsibility on the shopkeeper]? It is a loss, [surely], for which its owner<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the father of the child. ');">¹⁵</span> was well prepared!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By entrusting the bottle to the child, the father had shown that he was prepared to take the risk. ');">¹⁶</span>

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