Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 53:12

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך כיצד רגל</strong></big><br><br>

[If a man says to another,] 'Tear my garment;' 'Break my jug;'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This does not imply release from liability, as he might have meant, 'You may tear, if you wish it,' with all the consequences it involves. ');">¹⁸</span> there is nevertheless liability [for any damage done to the garment or to the jug]. But if he said, '… upon the understanding that you will incur no liability,' there is exemption. Rabbah, however, asked: If a man placed a live coal upon the heart of a slave<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the presence of his master; cf. Tosaf. a.l. ');">¹⁹</span>

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