Commentary for Bava Kamma 117:9

אמר מר ר"ש בן יהודה אומר משום ר"ש במה דברים אמורים שאכלה לולבי גפנים ויחורי תאנים הא סמדר רואין אותן כאילו ענבים עומדות ליבצר אימא סיפא אכלה פגים או בוסר הוא דרואין אותן כאילו ענבים עומדות ליבצר הא סמדר רואין אותן כמה היא יפה וכמה היתה יפה

The Master stated: 'R. Simeon b. Judah says in the name of R. Simeon: These rulings apply only where it consumed sprouts of vines or shoots of fig-trees,' [thus implying that] where it consumed grapes in the budding stage they would be estimated as if they were grapes ready to be plucked off. Read [now] the concluding clause: 'Where it consumed [actual] figs or half-ripe grapes they would be estimated as if they were grapes ready to be plucked off', [implying to the contrary that] where it consumed grapes in the budding stage it would have to be ascertained how much it was worth [previously] and how much it is worth [now]. [Is this not a contradiction?] — Rabina said: Embody [the new case in the text] and teach thus: 'These rulings apply only where it consumed sprouts of vines or shoots of fig-trees, for where it consumed grapes in the budding stage, or [actual] figs or half-ripe grapes they would be estimated as if they were grapes ready to be plucked off.' But if so would R. Simeon b. Judah's view not be exactly the same as that already stated by R. Joshua? — There is a practical difference between them as to [the deduction to be made for] the depreciation of the vines [themselves, through exhaustion, if the grapes had remained there until fully ripe],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [I.e., one view would maintain that this deduction has to be made, while the other would not maintain this.] ');">⁷</span>

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