Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 190:13
ועוד תניא ממשמע שנאמר (שמות כב, יד) אם בעליו עמו לא ישלם איני יודע שאם בעליו אין עמו שלם ישלם אלא מה ת"ל (שמות כב, יג) בעליו אין עמו לומר לך היה עמו בשעת שאילה אין צריך להיות עמו בשעת שבורה ומתה היה עמו בשעת שבורה ומתה צריך להיות עמו בשעת שאילה
From the verse, The owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good, do I not know by implication, that if the owner thereof is in his service, that he is free from liability? Why then is it stated, But if the owner thereof be with it [etc.]? To teach you: Once it [the animal] has left the lender's possession, its owner being [simultaneously] in his service, even for a single hour, and it dies, he [the borrower] is free from liability.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This Baraitha is identical with the preceding and differs only in form. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
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