Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 209:5

אמר רבא גזל שלש אגודות בשלש פרוטות והוזלו ועמדו על שתים אם החזיר לו שתים חייב להחזיר לו אחרת ותנא תונא גזל חמץ ועבר עליו הפסח אומר לו הרי שלך לפניך

If one misappropriated leaven and Passover meanwhile came and went,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And thus rendered the leaven unfit for any use. ');">¹⁰</span> he may say to the plaintiff, Here there is thine before thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since no tangible change took place in the misappropriated article, v. supra 96b. ');">¹¹</span> The reason evidently is that the misappropriated article is intact, whereas if it were not intact, even though it has at present no pecuniary value, he would have to pay on account of the fact that it originally<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., at the time of the robbery. ');">¹²</span>

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