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Bava Kamma 38: דִּקְדַּקְנוּ בְּכׇל תּוֹרַתְכֶם

jyungar December 10, 2023

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Somewhat surprisingly, the Mishna (37b) rules that if the ox of a Jew gored the ox of a non-Jew, he will not have to pay, but if the ox of a non-Jew gored the ox of a Jew, we will make him pay full damages, whether the ox was a tam or a mu’ad (i.e. whether or not the ox had a history of violence).

The Gemara concludes that when the Roman government sent scholars to the Sages and demanded that they be taught the Torah, upon completing their course of study those representatives stated that the entire Torah is true, aside from this halakha that forces the non-Jew to pay in full but frees the Jew entirely.

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