the eye of his man-servant" — I might think (that he goes

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Nezikin 9:7

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 2, 2025

"the eye of his man-servant": I might think (that he goes free) even if it developed a leucoma; it is, therefore, written "and he destroy it." Only a blow that causes destruction (is intended). I might think, even if he performed no act upon it; it is, therefore, written :"And if a man strike the eye"—whence it was ruled: If he struck his ear and deafened him, or his eye and blinded him, he goes free. (If he struck) near his eye, so that he does not see, or near his ear, so that he does not hear, he does not go free.

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