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אכלה סמדר – רבי יהושע אומר: רואין אותן כאילו הן ענבים עומדות ליבצר, וחכמים אומרים: רואין כמה היתה יפה וכמה היא יפה. רבי שמעון בן יהודה אומר משום רבי שמעון: במה דברים אמורים – בזמן שאכלה לולבי גפנים ויחורי תאנים, אבל אכלה פגים או בוסר – רואין אותן כאילו ענבים עומדות ליבצר.
If the animal ate the grapes while they were in the budding stage, R' Yehoshua says: The court views the grapes that were damaged as if they were grapes about to be picked, and appraise the damage based on this. And the Rabbis say: The court views how much the vineyard was worth before the animal ate the grapes, and how much it is worth now. R' Shimon ben Yehuda says in the name of R' Shimon: In what case is this statement, that the court appraises the vineyard or group of trees that were damaged, said? It is when the animal ate young branches [lulevei gefanim] of vines or shoots of fig trees, but where it ate unripe figs or unripe grapes, the court views them and appraises them as if they were grapes ready to be picked.
קתני מיהת, וחכמים אומרים: רואין אותן כמה היתה יפה, וכמה היא יפה – ולא קתני בששים!
Abaye continues: In any event, it teaches that the Rabbis say: The court views how much the vineyard was worth before the animal ate the produce and how much it is worth now, and it does not teach that the court appraises the damage relative to an area 60 times greater.
אלא מאי אית לך למימר – בששים; הכא נמי בששים.
Rather, what have you to say? You must say that the wording employed by the baraita is to be understood to mean that the court appraises the damage relative to an area 60 times greater, so here too, in the baraita dealing with one who himself causes damage, the wording is to be understood to mean that the damage is valued relative to an area 60 times greater.