Commentary for Bava Kamma 34:5
אי הכי רישא נמי ליתני ההיא דלא כתיבא ברישא הכי השתא התם אידי ואידי אבות נינהו הך דאתיא ליה מדרשא חביבא ליה הכא שביק אב ותני תולדה
what Principals and what derivatives could be distinguished there?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For both clauses deal with actual 'eating'. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Tosafot on Bava Kamma
It seems that if a person throws a rock or arrow towards a vessel and another person comes along and shatters the vessel before the projectile strikes it, certainly the one who shattered the vessel (and not the one who threw the rock) is liable. In this instance we do not apply the rationale of “the second one broke the vessel.” simple logic call for us to distinguish between throwing a rock (toward a vessel) and throwing the vessel itself.
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