Worldly Wisdom Drawn From the Law of Healing

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 331:8

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Another interpretation: the verse comes to teach you proper conduct from the Torah, "only he shall pay for his loss of time and shall surely heal him" (Exodus 21:19).

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