Bava Metzia - Borrower ("Shoel", Chap. VIII.1-3)

Borrower ("Shoel", Chap. Viii.1-3)

A borrower or hirer is liable to pay for every kind of loss, including loss through accident, except "if the lender is with him" (Exodus 22:14); that is, according to the traditional interpretation, if the lender was likewise at work with him, for payment or without payment.

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