Commentary for Bava Kamma 39:17
א"ל רב חסדא לרמי בר חמא לא הוית גבן באורתא בתחומא דאיבעיא לן מילי מעלייתא אמר מאי מילי מעלייתא א"ל הדר בחצר חבירו שלא מדעתו צריך להעלות לו שכר או אין צריך
on the cheapest scale [i.e. two-thirds of the usual price]. There is a Baraitha in agreement with Rabbah, and there is another Baraitha in agreement with Raba. There is a Baraitha in agreement with Rabbah [viz.]: R. Simeon b. Yohai said: The payment [to the extent of the benefit] would not be more than the value of straw.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even when the animal consumed barley, as it might be alleged that straw would have sufficed it. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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