Commentary for Bava Kamma 130:4

אלמא קרן כעין שגנב תשלומי כפל ותשלומי ד' וה' כשעת העמדה בדין

and the fifth of the payment is also one <i>zuz</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fifth is 25% of the general sum which will have to be paid as principal plus a fifth thereof amounting thus to a fourth of the principal. ');">⁵</span> proving thereby that the principal will be reckoned as at the time of theft, whereas double payment or four-fold and five-fold payments will be reckoned on the basis of the value when the case comes into court? — Raba thereupon said: It could still be maintained that at the beginning it was worth four and now it is similarly worth four, for as to the difficulty with respect to the doubling of the payment being four and the fifth of the payment one <i>zuz</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fifth is 25% of the general sum which will have to be paid as principal plus a fifth thereof amounting thus to a fourth of the principal. ');">⁵</span>

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