Musar for Bava Kamma 174:4
אמרי לא קשיא כאן כשסמוכים על שלחנו כאן כשאין סמוכין על שלחנו
he must make for him a safe investment [out of the compensation money], while he who injures his minor daughter is exempt, and what is more, if others injure her they are liable to pay the compensation to her father'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Is this not against the view of Rab who stated that damages paid for injuring a minor girl would not go to her father?] ');"><sup>6</sup></span> — The rulings here similarly refer to Loss of Time.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For which all agree that payment must be made to the father. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
One can also explain these verses in accordance with a statement by our sages (Yuma 72) that there are three crowns, the crown of priesthood acquired by Aaron, the crown of Monarchy acquired by David, and the crown of Torah which was granted (potentially) to everybody. Concerning all this, the Torah first says (plural) והייתם, "you will all be something precious." There is a discussion in Baba Kama 87 about the meaning of the word סגולה. Rav Chisda holds that someone could acquire סגולה by purchasing a Torah scroll. Rabba bar Rav Hunna thinks that ownership of a date-palem constitutes possession of a סגולה; the owner will be able to eat dates from it for an unlimited period of time. What Rabbi Chisda meant was that everybody is at liberty to buy a Torah scroll, hence everybody can acquire the status of being or possessing a סגולה.
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