and there fall there an ox or an ass" — He is liable for

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Nezikin 11:15

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"and there fall there an ox or an ass": He is liable for each in itself. "an ox": and not an ox and its trappings. "an ass": and not an ass and its trapping. For it would follow (otherwise), viz.: If in a place (i.e., where he lit a fire), where he is not liable for a beast (that was burned), he is liable for vessels, here, where he is liable for the beast, how much more so should he be liable for vessels! It is, therefore, written "and there fall into it an ox or an ass": an ox, and not its trappings; an ass, and not its trappings.

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