The Digger and the Opener and Why Logic Cannot Impose a Fine

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 341:11

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

Another interpretation: "if a man opens" - I have only one who opens; from where do I include one who digs? The verse teaches, "or if he digs." So that one should not say: I have a claim from logic - if the one who opens is liable, the one who digs should not be liable? Now if you had said so, you would have imposed a penalty by logic. Therefore it is said, "if he digs," to teach you that we do not impose a monetary penalty by logic.

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Divine JusticeJudgmentWisdom

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