It is obvious!

<<Once

<<they took it out

<<it stands

<<in their possession

<<for all

<<matters!

It is not

<<necessary,

<<except where they stood

<<in front of it.

<<Like

<<this

<<that Rabbah said in the name of Rav Masna in the name of Rav:

<<one who stands

<<the animal of

<<his fellow

<<over

<<the standing grain of

<<his fellow

<<is liable.

<<Stands it —

<<it is obvious!

<<It is not

<<necessary,

<<except where he stood

<<in front of it.

Abaye said to Rav Yosef:

<<“he struck it”

<<you said

<<to us,

<<and bandits

<<too —

<<where they struck it.

If he handed them over

<<to a shepherd,

<<enters

<<the shepherd

<<etc.

<<They say:

<<“in place of”

<<whom?

<<If we say

<<in place of

<<the owner of

<<the animal,

<<we have learned it

<<one

<<time:

<<if he handed it

<<to a guardian

<<who is unpaid,

<<or to a borrower,

<<to one who takes

<<pay,

<<or to a renter —

<<all of them

<<enter

<<in place of

<<the owner!

<<Rather,

<<in place of

<<the guardian.

And the guardian

<<first

<<is exempted

<<entirely?

<<Shall we say

<<it is

<<a refutation

<<of Rava,

<<for Rava said:

<<a guardian

<<who handed over

<<to a guardian

<<is liable?

Would say

<<to you

<<Rava:

<<what is

<<“he handed it

<<to a shepherd”?

<<To his assistant,

<<for it is the way

<<of a shepherd

<<to hand over

<<to his assistant.

There are those

<<who say:

<<since it teaches

<<“he handed it

<<to a shepherd”,

<<and does not

<<teach

<<“he handed it

<<to another”,

<<learn from it:

<<what is

<<“he handed it

<<to a shepherd”?

<<Handed it

<<the shepherd

<<to his assistant,

<<for it is the way

<<of a shepherd

<<to hand over

<<to his assistant;

<<but

<<to another —

<<not.

Shall we say

<<it supports

<<him,

<<Rava,

<<for Rava said:

<<a guardian

<<who handed over

<<to a guardian

<<is liable?

<<They say:

<<no;

<<perhaps

<<the usual way

<<of the matter

<<it teaches,

<<and the same

<<is the law

<<for another.

It was stated:

<<a guardian of

<<a lost object —

<<Rabbah

<<said:

<<like a guardian

<<who is unpaid

<<he is;

<<Rav Yosef

<<said:

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is.

Rabbah

<<said:

<<like a guardian

<<who is unpaid

<<he is —

<<what

<<benefit

<<reaches

<<him?

<<Rav Yosef

<<said:

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is —

<<by that

<<benefit

<<that he does not

<<need

<<to give

<<bread

<<to a poor man,

<<he is

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid.

There are those

<<who explain

<<thus:

<<Rav Yosef

<<said:

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is —

<<since

<<the Merciful One

<<obligated him

<<against his will;

<<therefore

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is.

(A mnemonic:

<<he returned it,

<<forever,

<<return,

<<Chiya,

<<you said,

<<it broke,

<<pay.)

Raised an objection

<<Rav Yosef

<<to Rabbah: