Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 181:12

לא משום דאמרינן הוא דאבעית נפשיה כדתניא המבעית את חבירו פטור מדיני אדם וחייב בדיני שמים כיצד תקע באזנו וחירשו פטור אחזו ותקע באזנו וחירשו חייב

Is not the Tanna here reckoning upwards — so that what he says is that a pit of a depth of from one handbreadth to ten handbreadths could not cause death though it could cause damage, implying that a pit of any depth would involve liability in the case of mere damage and thus indicating that no inspection is necessary regarding mere damage? — No, he reckoned downwards, and thus meant to say that only a pit of ten handbreadths could cause death whereas a Pit a little less than ten handbreadths could cause<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., is fit to cause. ');">¹¹</span>

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