Commentary for Bava Metzia 164:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן המעביר חבית לחבירו ממקום למקום ושברה בין שומר חנם בין שומר שכר ישבע דברי ר' מאיר רבי יהודה אומר שומר חנם ישבע נושא שכר ישלם: רבי אליעזר אומר זה וזה ישבע ותמיה אני אם יכולין זה וזה לישבע:
from one place to another and [in doing so] broke it, whether a paid or an unpaid bailee, he must swear; this is R. Meir's view. R. Judah ruled: An unpaid bailee must swear; whereas a paid trustee is responsible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if it was not caused by his negligence. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> R. ELIEZER SAID: [I TOO HAVE LEARNT THAT] BOTH MUST SWEAR, YET I AM ASTONISHED THAT BOTH CAN SWEAR. Shall we say that in R. Meir's opinion one who stumbles [and thereby does damage] is not regarded as [culpably] negligent?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if the barrel was broken in the course of being moved, at the very least it is as though it were damaged through his stumbling; and since R. Meir rules that he must swear that he had not been negligent, it follows that stumbling is not negligence. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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