Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 219:17

תניא אידך אשם זה קרן המושב זה חומש ובגזל הגר הכתוב מדבר או אינו אלא המושב זה כפל ובגניבת הגר הכתוב מדבר כשהוא אומר והשיב את אשמו בראשו וחמישיתו הרי בממון המשתלם בראש הכתוב מדבר

Another [Baraitha]: 'The trespass' is the Principal, 'be restored' is the Fifth. Or perhaps this is not so, but 'the trespass' means the Fifth and the practical difference as to which view we take, would involve the rejection of the ruling of our Mishnah, viz. IF HE HAS REPAID THE PRINCIPAL BUT NOT THE FIFTH, THE [NONPAYMENT OF THE] FIFTH IS NO BAR', for in this case on the contrary the [non-payment of the] Fifth would be a bar?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being the trespass. ');">²⁷</span> — Since it has already been stated: <i>And he shall recompense his trespass with the Principal thereof and add unto it a Fifth thereof,</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 7. ');">²⁸</span>

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