Reference for Bava Kamma 18:9
כשהזיק חב המזיק לשלם תשלומי נזק במיטב הארץ
WHEN I AM TO BLAME FOR A PART OF THE DAMAGE I AM LIABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DAMAGE AS IF I HAD PERPETRATED THE WHOLE OF THE DAMAGE.
Tosafot on Bava Kamma
And when [he] causes damage, the damager is liable. These words appear twice in the Mishnayos of our Perek. Once in the very first Mishna on 2a and a second time in the Mishna on 9b. Tosafot wants to clarify which Mishna we are referring to when the Gemara says that these words כשהזיק חב המזיק comes to include regel or keren.
When the Gemara says that comes to include regel or keren the Gemara does not mean the first that appears in the Mishna on 2a. Rather, the Gemara is referring to the other mentioned on 9b. It is from that Mishna that regel or keren is included.1Rashi on 9b explains that the first is used to teach us other forms of damaging as mentioned in the Gemara on 6a. It is only the second of 9b that is available to teach us keren or regel.
When the Gemara says that comes to include regel or keren the Gemara does not mean the first that appears in the Mishna on 2a. Rather, the Gemara is referring to the other mentioned on 9b. It is from that Mishna that regel or keren is included.1Rashi on 9b explains that the first is used to teach us other forms of damaging as mentioned in the Gemara on 6a. It is only the second of 9b that is available to teach us keren or regel.
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