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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #237 of 613

To judge regarding the damages caused by an ox

לדון בנזקי בהמה

Parashat Mishpatim משפטים · Sefer HaChinuch #51

The verse · Shemot 21:35

וְכִי־יִגֹּף שׁוֹר־אִישׁ אֶת־שׁוֹר רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת וּמָכְרוּ אֶת־הַשּׁוֹר הַחַי וְחָצוּ אֶת־כַּסְפּוֹ וְגַם אֶת־הַמֵּת יֶחֱצוּן

“And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.”

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The Rambam’s words

To judge regarding the damages caused by an ox, as [Exodus 21:35] states: "If an ox belonging to one person gores an ox belonging to a colleague...."

לדון בנזקי בהמה, שנאמר: "וכי ייגוף שור איש את שור ריעהו" (שמות כא,לה).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Damages to Property הלכות נזקי ממון

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