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במה דברים אמורים – במדליק בתוך שלו והלכה ודלקה בתוך של חבירו, אבל מדליק בתוך של חבירו – דברי הכל משלם כל מה שהיה בתוכו.
In what case is this statement said? It is in a case where one kindled a fire on his premises and the fire spread and burned items in premises belonging to another. But with regard to one who kindles a fire on premises belonging to another that destroys a stack of wheat, all agree that he pays compensation for everything that was inside the stack.
ומודה רבי יהודה לחכמים במשאיל מקום לחבירו להגדיש גדיש, והגדיש והטמין, שאין משלם אלא דמי גדיש בלבד. להגדיש חטין והגדיש שעורין; שעורין והגדיש חטין; חטין וחיפן בשעורין; שעורין וחיפן בחטים – שאינו משלם אלא דמי שעורין בלבד.
And R' Yehuda concedes to the Rabbis that in a case where one lends space to another in his field to stack grain, and this person stacked grain in the field and concealed items inside the stack, if the owner of the field causes the stack to be burned down, he pays compensation for the stack alone, since the other person did not have permission to conceal items inside his stack. Similarly, if one received permission to stack wheat in the field of another and he stacked barley; or conversely, if he received permission to stack barley and he stacked wheat; or similarly, if he stacked wheat and covered the stack with barley, or stacked barley and covered the stack with wheat, in all these cases, R' Yehuda concedes that he pays compensation for the barley alone, which is less than the value of wheat.
אמר רבא: הנותן דינר זהב לאשה, ואמר לה: ״הזהרי בו, של כסף הוא״; הזיקתו – משלמת דינר זהב, משום דאמר לה: מאי הוה ליך גביה דאזקתיה. פשעה בו – משלמת של כסף, דאמרה ליה: נטירותא דכספא קבילי עלי, נטירותא דדהבא לא קבילי עלי.
§ Rava says: With regard to one who gives a gold dinar to a woman for safekeeping and says to her: Be careful with this dinar because it is made of silver, if she herself damaged the dinar, she must pay compensation for the value of a gold dinar. This is because he can say to her: What business did you have damaging it? If she was negligent and it was lost or stolen, she pays as compensation only the value of a silver dinar, since she can say to him: I undertook to safeguard only a silver dinar, but I did not undertake to safeguard a gold dinar.