Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 134:18

אמר רב ששת אמינא כי ניים ושכיב רב אמר להא שמעתא דתניא אמר ר' עקיבא מפני מה אמרה תורה טבח ומכר משלם תשלומי ארבעה וחמשה מפני שנשתרש בחטא אימת אילימא לפני יאוש

ONE WHO STEALS FROM A THIEF [WHAT HE HAS ALREADY STOLEN] NEED NOT MAKE DOUBLE PAYMENT etc. Rab said: This Mishnaic ruling applies only where the theft took place before Renunciation; for if after Renunciation, the first thief would have acquired title to the article and the second thief would have had to make double payment to the first thief.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who through Renunciation on the part of the owner became the legal possessor of the article. ');">¹⁷</span> Said R. Shesheth: I am inclined to say that it was only when he was half asleep and in bed that Rab could have enunciated this ruling. For it was taught: R. Akiba said: Why has the Torah laid down that where the thief slaughtered or sold [the sheep or ox] he would have to make fourfold and five-fold payments [respectively]? Because he became thereby rooted in sin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [His sin struck root in that he has deprived beyond retrieve the owner of his belongings.] ');">¹⁸</span> Now, when could this be said of him? If before Renunciation,

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