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אמר ליה: לא זכתה תורה לאב, אלא שבח נעורים בלבד. איתיביה: החובל בעבד עברי – חייב בכולן, חוץ מן השבת בזמן שהוא שלו! אמר אביי: מודה רב בשבת, דמעשה ידיה עד שעת בגרות – דאבוה הוי.
Rav said to R' Elazar in response: The Torah granted the father only the profits of her youth and nothing else. Therefore, compensation for the injury goes to the daughter. R' Elazar raised an objection to Rav’s statement based on the Mishnah: One who injures a Hebrew slave is liable for all of the 5 types of indemnity. This is except for compensation for loss of livelihood occurring during the time that the injured slave belongs to the one that injured him. This should be the halakha with regard to a minor daughter as well, that since the father has the right to the earnings of his minor daughter, he should receive the compensation for her loss of livelihood. Abaye said in response: Rav concedes with regard to compensation for her loss of livelihood that it is paid to the father, since her earnings belong to her father until the time of her adulthood, and therefore her inability to work is her father’s loss.
איתיביה: החובל בבנו גדול – יתן לו מיד, בבנו קטן – יעשה לו סגולה. החובל בבתו קטנה – פטור, ולא עוד, אלא אחרים שחבלו בה – חייבין ליתן לאביה! הכי נמי בשבת.
R' Elazar raised an objection to Rav’s statement based on a baraita: One who injures his adult son must give him his compensation immediately. If one injured his minor son he must make a safe investment [segulla] for him with the compensation money. One who injures his minor daughter is exempt, and moreover, if there were others who injured her, they are liable to give compensation to her father. The Talmud answers: So too here, the baraita is speaking with regard to the daughter’s loss of livelihood alone, which is paid to the father. The other types of indemnity are paid to the daughter.