Commentary for Bava Metzia 196:3
ואמאי מה שטענו לא הודה לו ומה שהודה לו לא טענו אמר עולא על ידי גלגול
— Said 'Ulla: [He swears] through the superimposition [of an oath]. For he [the lender] can demand, 'You must at least swear that it died of natural causes; and since you must swear thus, swear also that the hired one died.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], lit., 'rolling oath,' v. supra 3a. Thus, here, the lender can plead, 'Even on your own plea, you must still swear that it died naturally, not through your negligence.' (This answer rejects Rami b. Hama's ruling that no oath is imposed at all upon bailees, even when they plead loss, theft, death, etc., unless there is also partial rejection of the claim, as above.) Since the bailee is thus bound to swear, another oath, viz., that the hired one and not the borrowed one died, is administered. The superimposed oath is Biblical, v. Sot. 18a. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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