Commentary for Bava Kamma 214:12

בעי רמי בר חמא ממון המחייבו כפל פוטרו מן החומש או דלמא שבועה המחייבתו כפל פוטרתו מן החומש

would be exempt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From double payment. ');">¹⁹</span> the reason being that Scripture says, <i>'The master of the house shall come near unto the judges to see whether he have not put his hand'</i> etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXII, 7. ');">²⁴</span> implying that were he to have already committed conversion he would be exempt. But R. Nahman said to him: Since three oaths are imposed upon him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An unpaid bailee. Cf. B.M. 6a. ');">²⁵</span>

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