Commentary for Bava Metzia 72:2
אמרי נהרדעי דיקא נמי דקתני או שמסרן לבנו ובתו הקטנים חייב הא לבנו ולבתו הגדולים פטור מכלל דלאחרים לא שנא גדולים ולא שנא קטנים חייב דאם כן ליתני קטנים סתמא שמע מינה
Raba said: The law is, If one bailee entrusts [the bailment] to another, he is responsible. Not only if a paid bailee entrusts [it] to an unpaid one, so weakening its care; but even if an unpaid bailee entrusts to a paid one, he is [still] responsible. Why? Because he [the bailor] can say to him, 'You I believe on oath: the other I do not.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is not within the bailee's power to put the bailor in such a position that he shall be forced to believe the other person on oath; hence he is responsible. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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