Commentary for Sanhedrin 30:11

אין דנין כו': האי שבט דחטא במאי אילימא שבט שחלל את השבת אימר דפליג רחמנא בין יחידים למרובין לענין עבודת כוכבים בשאר מצות מי פליג אלא בשבט שהודח

Thus he holds that they can be tamed and have owners.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., their owners acquire legal title to them. For otherwise, it would be natural to assume that R. Eliezer meant that they should always be slain as potential mankillers. ');">²⁰</span> R. Johanan says [that it is R. Eliezer's view] even when they have killed no one. Hence he holds that they cannot be tamed or have owners.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And even if a person does breed them, he acquires no legal title thereto, and anyone is at liberty to kill them. ');">²¹</span>

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