Commentary for Bava Kamma 196:11

אשכחיה רב חסדא לרבה בר שמואל א"ל תנית מידי באיסורי הנאה אמר ליה אין תנינא (ויקרא ה, כג) והשיב את הגזלה מה תלמוד לומר אשר גזל יחזיר כעין שגזל

— He replied: Yes, I was taught [the following]: <i>'He shall restore the misappropriated object</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 23. ');">¹⁸</span> What is the point of the additional words, <i>which he violently took away</i>? [It is that] so long as it was intact he may restore it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though it meanwhile became valueless. ');">¹⁹</span>

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