Commentary for Bava Kamma 86:16

א"ל אביי אלא מעתה עבד נמי מה ת"ל (שמות כא, לב) אם עבד לרבות עבד שלא בכוונה כעבד בכוונה וכי תימא הכי נמי והאמר ריש לקיש שור שהמית את העבד שלא בכוונה פטור משלשים שקלים

— there should be no payment of the amount of the value [of the loss] for unintentional manslaughter? Or [shall we] perhaps [rather say that] since in the case of Cattle [killing a person] unintentionally where no <i>kofer</i> is paid, the value [of the loss] is nevertheless paid, so should it also be with Fire where no <i>kofer</i> would be paid for intentional manslaughter, that nevertheless the value [of the loss] caused by unintentional manslaughter should be paid? But as no information was available to us [on this matter], it remained undecided.

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