Commentary for Bava Batra 86:1
אמאי שמירה בבעלים היא אמר רב פפא דאמר ליה שמור לי היום ואני אשמור לך למחר:
Why should this be, seeing that this is a case of keeping with the owner present?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Tosaf, we must suppose that both commenced to keep watch over the property together. Hence at the beginning each was in the position of a man taking charge of an article while the owner is still with him, and in such a case the keeper, even if he receives a fee, is not responsible even if the owner subsequently departs (cf. Ex. XXII, 15, and B.M. 95a). ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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