Commentary for Bava Kamma 210:2

מילתא דאיבעיא ליה לרבא פשיטא ליה לרבה דאמר רבה שורי גנבת והוא אומר לא גנבתי

or perhaps since the leaven was still intact and was [in the eyes of the law] but mere ashes, there was no denial here of an intrinsic pecuniary value?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And if this is the case the perjurer should be subject only to Lev. V, 4-10. ');">³</span> [It appears that] this matter on which Raba was doubtful was pretty certain to Rabbah, for Rabbah stated: [If one man says to another] 'You have stolen my ox'. and the other says. 'I did not steal it at all,' and when the first asks, 'What then is the reason of its being with you?' the other replies, 'I am a gratuitous bailee regarding it,' [and after affirming this defence by an oath he admitted his guilt], he would be liable,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Lev. V, 21-25. ');">⁴</span>

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