Commentary for Bava Metzia 71:12
אתא לקמיה דרב ופטריה מאן דחזא סבר משום שומר שמסר לשומר פטור ולא היא שאני התם דכל יומא נמי אינהו גופייהו גבה דההיא סבתא הוו מפקדי להו
Abaye said: According to Rab's ruling, not only if a gratuitous bailee entrusted [the bailment] to a paid bailee, thereby enhancing its care; but even if a paid bailee entrusted [it] to an unpaid one, thus weakening its care, he is still not responsible. Why? Because he entrusted it to an understanding being.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., who is capable of giving due care. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Tosafot on Bava Metzia
From here it is possible to prove that the law is like the opnoin that holds that a renter is similar to (in responsibility) a paid watchman.
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Tosafot on Bava Metzia
its also possible to prove from the start of chapter a widow to a kohen Godal (Yevumas 66b) and in chapter the borrower (later in Bava Metzia 97a) in the case of mareimer the son of chanina .....
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