דמיכלמו ליה ומיכלם.
say that the baraita discusses a case involving a minor who has reached a stage in which when others humiliate him he feels humiliation.
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דמיכלמו ליה ומיכלם.
say that the baraita discusses a case involving a minor who has reached a stage in which when others humiliate him he feels humiliation.
מתני׳ המבייש את הערום, המבייש את הסומא, והמבייש את הישן – חייב. וישן שבייש – פטור. נפל מן הגג, והזיק ובייש – חייב על הנזק, ופטור על הבושת עד שיהא מתכוין.
Mishnah: One who humiliates a naked person, or one who humiliates a blind person, or one who humiliates a sleeping person is liable, but a sleeping person who humiliates another is exempt. If one fell from the roof onto another person, and thereby caused him damage and humiliated him, then the one who fell is liable for the indemnity of damage, since a person is always considered forewarned, and exempt from the indemnity of humiliation, since a person is not liable for humiliation unless he intends to humiliate the other person.
גמ׳ תנו רבנן: ביישו ערום – חייב, ואינו דומה ביישו ערום לביישו לבוש. ביישו בבית המרחץ – חייב, ואינו דומה ביישו בבית המרחץ לביישו בשוק.
Talmud: A baraita states (Tosefta 9:12): If one humiliated another who was naked, he is liable, but the magnitude of humiliation felt when he humiliated him while naked is not comparable to the magnitude of humiliation felt had he humiliated him while clothed, since one who chooses to be naked is less sensitive to humiliation. Similarly, if one humiliated another in a bathhouse, he is liable, but the magnitude of humiliation felt when he humiliated him in a bathhouse is not comparable to the magnitude of humiliation felt had he humiliated him in the marketplace.
אמר מר: ביישו ערום – חייב. ערום בר בושת הוא?! אמר רב פפא: מאי ״ערום״ – דאתא זיקא כרכינהו למאניה, ואתא הוא דלינהו טפי וביישיה.
The Talmud clarifies the baraita: The Master says: If one humiliated another who was naked, the one who humiliated him is liable. The Talmud asks: Is a naked person subject to humiliation? Is it possible to humiliate him in this state? Rav Pappa said: What does the baraita mean when it says: Naked? It means a case where a gust of wind came and lifted his clothes, and then this one came and raised them higher and humiliated him.
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