Commentary for Bava Kamma 69:12

הכי קאמר כיון דבמזיד נדון בנפשו והיכי דמי דקא בעי לאפרו השתא בשוגג פטור:

so also in the case of killing man you should make no distinction whether it was inadvertent or malicious, whether intentional or unintentional, whether by way of coming down or by way of coming up so as to impose a pecuniary liability, but [in all cases] there should be exemption from pecuniary obligation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even when there is no actual death penalty involved, and likewise in the Mishnah the man setting fire though inadvertently is exempt from all civil liability, so that you cannot infer therefrom that death penalty is attached to setting fire on Sabbath even for destructive purposes. V. supra p. 192. n. 8. ');">¹²</span>

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