Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Own The Pit, Not The Fire
The Gemarah says in Pesachim (6b) and other places that there
are two things not under a person’s ownership but the possuk considers
it in the owner’s possession. They are chametz
on pesach and the mazik of bor in a public
domain. The Tosfos Chachmei Englea asks
why is the mazik of aish not included on the list? He answers that in regard to chametz the
possuk says the obligation is שלך, of your ownership and in regard toבור it says בעל הבור, it also requires ownership. However, for אש the obligation is on המעביר, the lighter of the
fire, there is no requirement of ownership.
We see that the obligation for בור is because of the
ownership as opposed to the obligation of אש is
for making the מזיק
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shouldn't this depend on אשו משום חצו או אשו משום ממונו? If אשה משום ממונו ודאי דריך להיות בעלים ואם משום חצו אין צריך להיות בעל האש.
ReplyDeleteNo, see Rashi and Tosfos there and and loooooong discussion in Kuntresei Shiurim
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