Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 12:25
אילימא דנגח תורא דידן לתורא דהקדש (שמות כא, לה) שור רעהו אמר רחמנא ולא שור של הקדש
R. Akiba said: Scripture only intended that damages be collected out of the best, and this applies even more so to sacred property.' What is the import of the last clause? It could hardly be suggested that it refers to a case where a private ox gored an ox consecrated [to the Sanctuary], for does not the Divine Law distinctly say, <i>The ox of one's neighbour</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 35. ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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