Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 155:6

השוכר את החמור והבריקה או שנעשית אנגריא אומר לו הרי שלך לפניך מתה או נשברה חייב להעמיד [לו] חמור:

[IF HE HIRES IT] TO DRIVE ON THE PLAIN, BUT DRIVES IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, IF IT SLIPS, HE IS LIABLE; IF AFFECTED BY THE HEAT, HE IS NOT; YET IF IT IS ON ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ascent to the top of the mountain heating and affecting it. ');">¹⁰</span> HE IS LIABLE. IF ONE HIRES AN ASS, AND IT IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the literal meaning of [H]; but it is discussed in the Gemara (78b), and other meanings are suggested. ');">¹¹</span>

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