Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 169:5
מי שנפל עליו מפולת וכו' מאי קאמר
Let him bring proof and collect!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The damages due to you.');"><sup>7</sup></span> - No, It is necessary for the case that an ox of his had gored one of ours; then he must pay one half, and concerning the other he can say: Prove that I am not an Israelite and collect!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He pays one half, as any Jew not forewarned would if his ox gored the ox of a fellow-Jew. The owner in this case would wait to collect full damages, claiming the owner of the goring ox to be a heathen, hence obliged to repay full damages, even if not forewarned. The latter would say: One half I have paid because I am a Jew. If you wish to collect the other half, it is upon you to adduce evidence that I am not a Jew. Only thus could you collect.');"><sup>8</sup></span> IF DEBRIS HAD FALLEN UPON SOMEONE [etc.].
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