Jewish%20thought for Bava Kamma 195:8

ואמר רבה הצורם אוזן פרתו של חבירו פטור מאי טעמא פרה כדקיימא קיימא דלא עבד ולא מידי וכולהו. שוורים לאו לגבי מזבח קיימי

but [where he struck on an object which was] opposite the slave's eye and he lost his sight or [on an object which was] opposite his ear through which he lost his hearing the slave would [on account of this] not go out free'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 91a. Does this not prove that even where the substance was not reduced, such as in the case of deafening, still so long as the damage was done there is liability? ');">¹⁴</span> — Rabbah, however, follows his own reasoning, for Rabbah stated: He who makes his father deaf is subject to be executed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As having committed the capital offence of Ex. XXI. 25, v. supra 86a. ');">¹⁵</span>

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