Commentary for Bava Kamma 130:8

מאי שנא חומש דלא משלם דכתיב בראשו וחמישיתו אשם נמי לא משלם דהא כתיב בראשו וחמישיתו ואת אשמו

— He maintains that by the '<i>waw</i>' [conjunctive placed before the particle] 'eth' Scripture combines them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Making them subject to the same law. ');">¹³</span> And the Rabbis? — They may say that if this is so, the Divine Law should have inserted neither the '<i>waw</i>' nor the 'eth'. And R. Simeon b. Yohai? — He might rejoin that as it was impossible for Scripture not to insert 'eth' so as to make a distinction between a chattel due to Heaven<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the trespass offering. ');">¹⁴</span>

Explore commentary for Bava Kamma 130:8. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.