Commentary for Bava Kamma 52:7

נתכוין לזרוק שתים וזרק ארבע לענין נזקין חייב לענין ד' דברים פטור לענין שבת מלאכת מחשבת בעינן לענין גלות (שמות כא, יג) אשר לא צדה אמר רחמנא פרט לנתכוין לזרוק שתים וזרק ד' לענין עבד פלוגתא דרשב"ג ורבנן

if it caused damage, there is liability for Depreciation; regarding the [additional] Four Items there is still exemption;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of the absence of a will to do damage. ');">¹⁶</span> so also concerning Sabbath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if while unaware of the stone in his bosom he carried it with him into the open public thoroughfare, thus violating the Sabbath; cf. Shab. 96b. ');">¹⁹</span> for work [deliberately] planned is required [to make it an offence];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra p. 137, n. 7. ');">²²</span> in the case of manslaughter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if when the stone fell down, it killed a human being; v. Num. XXXV, 9-34. ');">²³</span>

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