Commentary for Bava Metzia 108:2

אמר רבא גבי גזל כתיב (ויקרא ה, טז) וחמישיתיו יוסף עליו ותנן נתן לו את הקרן ונשבע לו על החומש הרי זה מוסיף חומש על חומש עד שיתמעט הקרן פחות משוה פרוטה

he must then add<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he repents again. ');">⁴</span> a fifth upon the fifth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the fifth is regarded as a new principal, and he is liable to a fifth of that on account of his false oath. ');">⁵</span> [and so on,] until the principal is less than a perutah's worth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'The principal' refers to the fifth in respect of which he took a false oath (v. B.K. 103a). ');">⁶</span>

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