Commentary for Bava Kamma 195:7

רבה לטעמיה דאמר רבה חרשו לאביו נהרג שאי אפשר לחרישה בלא חבורה דטפתא דדמא נפלת ליה באוניה

which is lacking in this case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of which no redemption could be effected. ');">¹²</span> Rabbah further said: One who disfigures a coin belonging to another is exempt, the reason being that he did not do anything [to reduce the substance of the coin]. This of course applies only where he knocked on it with a hammer and so made it flat, but where he rubbed the stamp off with a file he certainly diminished its substance [and would thus be liable]. Raba raised an objection [from the following:] 'Where [the master] struck [the slave] upon the eye and blinded him or upon the ear and deafened him the slave would on account of that go out free,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Ex. XXI, 26-27. ');">¹³</span>

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