Commentary for Bava Kamma 66:23
קדמו בעלי חובות והגביהו בין חב עד שלא הזיק בין הזיק עד שלא חב לא עשה ולא כלום לפי שאין משלם אלא מגופו
where the defendant could argue, 'I have not deprived you of anything at all [of the quantity]', and could even say, 'it is only the mere breath [of life] that I have taken away from your security' [that there should be exemption], whereas in the case of impairing securities in general there should be liability; we are therefore told [that this is not the case]. But has not this been pointed out by Rabbah? For has not Rabbah stated: 'If a man destroys by fire the documents of a neighbour, he incurs no liability'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra p. 570. ');"><sup>21</sup></span>
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