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When he finds big ones he takes them, and when he finds small ones he takes them as well. Here too, although R' Eliezer’s first explanation was sufficient, he added an additional response, despite the fact that it was not as good as the first.
By contrast, Rav Tavyumei said in the name of Rava that he first said to him the explanation involving inconclusive testimony asserting that the ox killed, since this is analogous to a fisherman pulling fish from the sea, who finds small ones and takes them, and when he then finds big ones, he dis
§ It is taught in another baraita with regard to the verse: “The owner of the ox shall be clear,” that R' Yosei HaGelili says: It means he shall be clear from paying compensation for miscarried offspring. In other words, if an innocuous ox causes a woman to miscarry, the owner is not liable to pa
R' Akiva said to him: It is unnecessary for the verse to teach this. Doesn’t it say with regard to paying compensation for miscarried offspring: “If men struggle and hurt a pregnant woman and her offspring emerge, and there is no tragedy, he shall be punished as the husband of the woman shall impos
The Talmud comments: R' Akiva is saying well; he states a reasonable objection. What would R' Yosei HaGelili have responded to him?