Commentary for Bava Metzia 67:2
מתקיף לה ר' זירא אי הכי אפי' גיזותיה וולדותיה נמי אלמה תניא חוץ מגיזותיה וולדותיה אלא אמר ר' זירא נעשה כאומר לו חוץ מגיזותיה וולדותיה
— Said Raba: It becomes as though he [the bailor] had said to him, 'If it be stolen, and you are willing to pay me [for it], then my cow be yours from this moment [of delivery]'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it may be taken as axiomatic that one is willing to forego a possible twofold repayment in return for the safety of the principal. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Maharam Schiff on Bava Metzia
3. A Borrower that said I will pay etc. By the other's (the paid and unpaid watchman) its not enough for him (Rav papa) to say the language that (the watchmen said) behold I will be paying, for he wants to teach us the (Halchik) rule (that the caretaker buys the right to the double etc) even if he (the watchman) said I was negligent.
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