Commentary for Bava Kamma 234:15

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ת"ר הגוזל שדה מחבירו ושטפה נהר חייב להעמיד לו שדה אחר דברי ר' אלעזר וחכ"א אומר לו הרי שלך לפניך

however, is not a matter of [strict] law, but is based upon the consideration that if you were not to rule thus,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But make him liable. ');">²⁶</span> no man would ever put himself out to rescue a fellow-man from the hands of a pursuer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sanh. 74a. ');">²⁷</span>

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