Commentary for Bava Kamma 179:14

צרם באזנו תלש בשערו רקק והגיע בו רוקו העביר טליתו ממנו פרע ראש האשה בשוק נותן לו ארבע מאות זוז

So too, who was the Tanna who stated that which our Rabbis taught: 'One who is half a slave and half a freeman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As where the slave belonged to two partners and one of them manumitted him; cf. Git. 41a. ');">¹⁶</span> as well as a slave belonging to two partners does not go out free for the mutilation of the principal limbs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are twenty-four in number; cf. Kid. 25a. ');">¹⁷</span> even those which cannot be restored to him'? Said R. Mordecai to R. Ashi: Thus was it stated in the name of Raba, that this ruling gives the view of R. Eliezer. For did R. Eliezer not say that 'his money' implied that which was owned by him exclusively? So also here 'his slave'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 26. ');">¹⁸</span> implies one who is owned by him exclusively. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN BOXES ANOTHER MAN'S EAR, HE HAS TO PAY HIM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of Degradation. ');">¹⁹</span> A <i>SELA'</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁰</span> R. JUDAH IN THE NAME OF R. JOSE THE GALILEAN SAYS THAT [HE HAS TO PAY HIM] A <i>MANEH</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁰</span> IF HE SMACKED HIM [ON THE FACE] HE HAS TO PAY HIM TWO HUNDRED <i>ZUZ</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁰</span> [IF HE DID IT] WITH THE BACK OF HIS HAND HE HAS TO PAY HIM FOUR HUNDRED <i>ZUZ</i>. IF HE PULLED HIS EAR, PLUCKED HIS HAIR, SPAT SO THAT THE SPITTLE REACHED HIM, REMOVED HIS GARMENT FROM UPON HIM, UNCOVERED THE HEAD OF A WOMAN IN THE MARKET PLACE, HE MUST PAY FOUR HUNDRED <i>ZUZ</i>.

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