Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Related for Bava Kamma 55:23

רב משרשיא אמר בנותן להם דרך עקלתון

Come and hear: IF A MAN PLACES A PITCHER ON PUBLIC GROUND AND ANOTHER ONE COMES AND STUMBLES OVER IT AND BREAKS IT, HE IS EXEMPT. Now, is not this so only when the other one stumbled over it, whereas in the case of directly breaking it there is liability?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus opposing the view of R. Nahman. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Bava Kamma

35This paragraph is alluded to in the Babli, 28a, and Sifry Deut. #292. The verse Deut. 25:11 reads: “If men quarreled, a person with his brother, and the wife of one of them intervened to save her husband from the hand of one who hit him when she reached out with her hand and grabbed him at his private parts.” Grabbing a person’s private parts is given as an example of an action intended to embarrass. It is clear in the paragraph that “wife of x” stands for “x” himself. The court marshall meting out punishment is protected from a damage suit by the person suffering the punishment as long as he strictly follows the court’s instructions. He is not protected for actions taken on his own initiative. It was stated: “She reached out with her hand,” but not the court marshal’s wife. Another Tanna stated, “she reached out with her hand,” including the court marshal’s wife. He who said, “she reached out with her hand,” but not the court marshal’s wife, if he whipped with permission. He who said, “she reached out with her hand,” including the court marshal’s wife, if he whipped without permission. It was stated: Not the wife of two men36Since a woman cannot have two husbands, one derives from the expression “the wife of one of them” that two people trading mutual insults have no case in court..
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