Commentaire sur Bava Kamma 3:4
שְׁנֵי קַדָּרִין שֶׁהָיוּ מְהַלְּכִין זֶה אַחַר זֶה, וְנִתְקַל הָרִאשׁוֹן וְנָפַל, וְנִתְקַל הַשֵּׁנִי בָּרִאשׁוֹן, הָרִאשׁוֹן חַיָּב בְּנִזְקֵי שֵׁנִי:
Si deux potiers marchaient l'un derrière l'autre, et que le premier trébuchait et tombait, et que le second trébuchait sur le premier, le premier est responsable des blessures du second. [Ceci, dans un cas où le premier aurait pu se lever et ne l'a pas fait, auquel cas il est abandonné. Mais s'il n'a pas pu se lever, il n'est pas responsable, la décision étant que trébucher n'est pas un manquement.]
Rambam on Mishnah Bava Kamma
2 potmakers that were walking one after the other...
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Kamma
הראשון חייב בנזקי שני – and such as the case where he was able to stand and did not stand fr he is negligent. But if he wasn’ able to sand, he is exempt, for he hold that if he stumbled, he is not negligent.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Kamma
Two pot-sellers were walking one behind the other and the first stumbled and fell, and the second fell on the first, the first one is liable for the injury caused to the second. Mishnah four teaches us the principle that accidentally stumbling is not an excuse for causing damages. Although the person who tripped certainly did not intend to do so, and probably caused damage to the things he himself was carrying (pots), he is still liable. He should have walked more carefully.
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Rambam on Mishnah Bava Kamma
This is when the faller is able to get up and he doesn't get up, rather he remains lying until the other trips over him
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Questions for Further Thought:
• Mishnah four uses the example of pot-sellers. Why use this example? What piece of information might the mishnah be teaching by using this example and not, for instance regular pedestrians?
• What are some modern day situations that are similar to these mentioned in the mishnah? How does modern law differ? How is it the same?To sign up for the Mishnah Yomit project visit www.mishnahyomit.org or www.uscj.org.To receive hard copies of Mishnah Yomit please write to Dr. Morton Siegel, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 155 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
• Mishnah four uses the example of pot-sellers. Why use this example? What piece of information might the mishnah be teaching by using this example and not, for instance regular pedestrians?
• What are some modern day situations that are similar to these mentioned in the mishnah? How does modern law differ? How is it the same?To sign up for the Mishnah Yomit project visit www.mishnahyomit.org or www.uscj.org.To receive hard copies of Mishnah Yomit please write to Dr. Morton Siegel, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 155 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
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Rambam on Mishnah Bava Kamma
And the halachah is like Rav Yehuda in the explanation of the accustomed ox and the halachah is like Rav Meir in the explanation of a simple ox.
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Rambam on Mishnah Bava Kamma
And therefore (he is obligated, but) if he is not able to get up and the other falls on him, he is not obligated, as we explain, if he trips it is an accident
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