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אחר – לית ליה אימתא דרביה, האי – אית ליה אימתא דרביה.
The Talmud answers: Another person does not have awe of his mentor. Therefore, even if the welder urges another person to leave, he must ascertain that that person actually did so, and otherwise he is liable to be exiled. By contrast, this apprentice has awe of his mentor, and so the welder may assume that if he instructed him to leave, he certainly did. Therefore, if in reality the apprentice did not leave and is killed by the sparks, the welder is not liable to be exiled, as he is not held accountable.
רב זביד משמיה דרבא מתני לה אהא: ״ומצא״ – פרט לממציא את עצמו. מכאן אמר רבי אליעזר בן יעקב: מי שיצתה אבן מתחת ידו, והוציא הלה את ראשו וקיבלה – פטור. אמר רבי יוסי בר חנינא: פטור מגלות, וחייב בארבעה דברים.
Rav Zevid taught in the name of Rava that this aforementioned statement of R' Yosei bar Ḥanina is in reference not to the above baraita but is in reference to this baraita: It is stated in the verse concerning one who kills unintentionally: “And the head slips off the helve, and finds his neighbor, and he dies” (Deuteronomy 19:5); this serves to exclude one who introduces himself into an area of danger, in which case the one who kills unintentionally is exempt from exile. From here R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: With regard to one whom a stone departed from his hand, and another person stuck out his head and received a blow from it and died, the one who threw the stone is exempt from exile. It is in reference to this statement that R' Yosei bar Ḥanina says: He is exempt from exile for killing him. But if the victim was merely injured, he is liable to pay 4 types of indemnity.