Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Kamma 65:21

וקמיפלגי בהאי קרא (שמות כא, לה) ומכרו את השור החי וחצו את כספו ר' ישמעאל סבר לבי דינא קמזהר רחמנא ור"ע סבר לניזק ומזיק מזהר להו רחמנא

WHERE ONE WAS <i>TAM</i> AND THE OTHER <i>MU'AD</i> THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE FOR DAMAGE DONE BY <i>MU'AD</i> TO <i>TAM</i> WILL BE ON THE BASIS OF FULL COMPENSATION, WHEREAS THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE FOR DAMAGE DONE BY <i>TAM</i> TO <i>MU'AD</i> WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF HALF-DAMAGES. SIMILARLY IN THE CASE OF TWO PERSONS INJURING EACH OTHER, THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE IN FULL. WHERE MAN HAS DAMAGED <i>MU'AD</i> AND <i>MU'AD</i> HAS INJURED MAN, THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE IN FULL. BUT WHERE MAN DAMAGED <i>TAM</i> AND <i>TAM</i> INJURED MAN, THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE FOR DAMAGE DONE BY MAN TO <i>TAM</i> WILL BE ON THE BASIS OF FULL COMPENSATION, WHEREAS THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE FOR DAMAGE DONE BY <i>TAM</i> TO <i>MU'AD</i> WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF HALF-DAMAGES. R. AKIBA, HOWEVER, SAYS: EVEN IN THE CASE OF <i>TAM</i> INJURING MAN THE PAYMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE IN FULL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf supra p. 15. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>

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