תלמוד על כתובות 4:5

HALAKHAH: “If they found him innocent,” etc. ²³Better versions of this paragraph are in 10:8 Note 337, Bava qamma 4:9 Notes 122–125. It was stated: If a bull was led out to be stoned when its witnesses were found to be perjured, Rebbi Joḥanan said, the first to come acquires it; Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, it was a false declaration of ownerlessness²⁴This is Babylonian spelling. The Yerushalmi form is הבקר.. Similarly, if a slave was led out to be stoned when his owner dedicated him to the Temple²⁵One has to read with the parallel sources: When his witnesses were found perjured. At the moment the slave is condemned to death, he loses all value for his owner; valueless objects cannot be dedicated. Therefore the dedication is the equivalent of declaring the slave ownerless., Rebbi Joḥanan said, he acquired himself; Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, it was false despair.

HALAKHAH: “He who hits another pays him a tetradrachma.” “Rebbi Aqiba said, even the poorest in Israel,” etc. Rav Qarni stated: For a kick, one. For an elbow, three. For sqlvnqyt fifteen⁷²In the parallel in Babli, 27b, the quote appears in Rav Ḥisda’s name. There, pushing with the elbow cost 3 tetradrachmas, a kick with the foot 5, and סנוקרת 13. The unexplained סנוקרת (which also is the reading of E here) according to R. Ḥananel (i. e., Gaonic tradition) means a hook with the fist under the chin; according to Rashi hitting somebody with a donkey saddle. The Genizah text reads יסקינוקינית, the Metivot fragment סקלוקינת. J. N. Epstein (ללקסיקון התלמודי 2/1 תרביץ p. 123–127) proposes Accadic sunkirtu (su-un-kir-tum) “camel’s hump” as origin. {Cf. Latin sculpturigo “scratching”, sculptorium “back scratcher” (E. G.).}. Somebody said in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: He who puts an Elder to shame has fully to pay for his shame. A person insulted Rebbi Jehudah ben Ḥanina⁷³The case is mentioned in Ketubot 4:8, Note 202.. The case came before Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish who fined him a pound of gold.