Commentary for Bava Kamma 37:16

בעא מיניה ר' ירמיה מר' זירא היתה מהלכת ברה"ר (ובעטה) והתיזה והזיקה מהו לקרן מדמינן ליה וחייבת או דלמא תולדה דרגל הוא ופטורה אמר ליה מסתברא תולדה דרגל הוא

IF IT WAS KICKING OR PEBBLES WERE FLYING FROM UNDER IT'S FEET AND UTENSILS WERE BROKEN, [ONLY] HALF DAMAGES WILL BE PAID. The following query was put forward: Does the text mean to say: 'If it was kicking so that damage resulted from the kicking, or in the case of pebbles flying in the usual way … [only] half damages will be paid,' being thus in accordance with the Rabbis;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, against the view of Symmachus, order only half damages to be paid, supra p. 79. ');">¹³</span>

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