2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Liability from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines liability, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
The owner would come at first light. The thief stood on the high bank rehearsing a speech about accidents, with mud where the barley had been.
A householder who leaves a roof unfenced or a pit open places blood in his house, and the Torah charges him to prevent the fall.
