| If an ox of an owner with unimpaired faculties gores an ox of a deaf-mute, an idiot or a minor, the owner is liable. Where, however, an ox of a deaf-mute, an idiot or a minor has gored an ox of an owner whose faculties are unimpaired, there is no liability. If an ox of a deaf-mute an idiot or a minor has gored, the court of law appoint a guardian, in whose presence witnesses will be able to testify [that the ox has gored so that it will eventually be declared Mu`ad]. If the deaf-mute recovers his hearing [or speech], or if the idiot becomes sane, or if the minor comes of age, the ox previously declared Mu`ad will return to the state of Tam: these are the words of R. Meir. R. Jose, however, says that the ox will remain in status quo. In the case of a stadium ox [killing a person], the death penalty is not imposed [upon the ox], as it is written: if an ox gore, excluding cases where it is goaded to gore. |
קמא 4.4 שור של פיקח שנגח לשור חירש שוטה וקטן, חייב; ושור חירש שוטה וקטן שנגח לשור של פיקח, פטור׃ שור חירש שוטה וקטן שנגחו-- מעמידין להן אפיטרופין, ומעידין עליהן בפני אפיטרופין׃ נתפקח החירש, נשתפה השוטה, הגדיל הקטן-- חזר לתומתו, דברי רבי מאיר; רבי יוסי אומר, הרי הוא כחזקתו׃ שור האצטדין, אינו חייב מיתה-- שנאמר ''כי ייגח'' (שמות כא,כח) , לא שיגיחוהו |
| If an ox gores a man and death results, in the case of Mu`ad there is liability to pay kofer, but in the case of Tam, there is no liability to pay kofer. In both cases, however, the oxen are liable [to be stoned] to death. The same [judgment applies] in the case of a [minor] son and the same [judgment applies] in the case of a [minor] daughter. But where the ox has gored a manservant or a maidservant [and death has resulted], compensation has to be given to the amount of thirty sela, whether the killed servant was worth a hundred maneh or not worth any more than one denar. |
קמא 4.5 שור שנגח את האדם, ומת-- מועד, משלם את הכופר; ותם, פטור מן הכופר׃ זה וזה, חייבין מיתה׃ וכן בבן או בבת׃ נגח עבד או אמה-- נותן שלושים סלע, בין שהוא יפה מאה מנה בין שאינו יפה אלא דינר זהב |
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