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even in the first Mishnah in this chapter, and R' Yosei holds that even when a bailee pays for the deposit and chooses not to take an oath, the thief pays the double payment to the owner. Is the halakha in accordance with his opinion even in that case, or is the halakha not in accordance with his op
It was also stated that the amora’im in Eretz Yisrael disagreed about this matter. R' Elazar says: R' Yosei was in disagreement even in the first Mishnah and the halakha is in accordance with his opinion even in the first Mishnah. And R' Yoḥanan says: R' Yosei conceded in the first Mishnah because t
The Talmud questions the formulation of R' Yoḥanan’s statement: If he paid, yes, the thief pays the double payment to him; if he did not pay, no? But doesn’t R' Ḥiyya bar Abba say that R' Yoḥanan himself says: When the Mishnah says: If the bailee paid, it does not mean that he actually paid; rath
Mishnah: If one said to two people: I robbed one of you of 100 dinars, but I do not know from which of you I took the money, or if one said to two people: The father of one of you deposited 100 dinars with me, but I do not know the father of which of you he is, then he gives 100 dinars to this per
In the case of two people who deposited money with one person, and this one deposited 100 dinars and that one deposited 200 dinars, and when they come to collect their deposit, this one says: My deposit was 200 dinars, and that one says: My deposit was 200 dinars, the bailee gives 100 dinars to this