Baba Kama 8:7-9:1

Baba Kama 8:7

Even if the offending party pays the injured party full damages, he is not forgiven until he actually asks for forgiveness, as per Genesis 20:7, in which Avimelech was told to restore Sarah to Avraham. (Avimelech was not forgiven until he apologized to Avraham.) We see that the one who was injured should not be cruel and withhold forgiveness from Genesis 20:17, “Avraham prayed to God and God healed Avimelech.” If one person instructs another to blind him, to sever his hand or to break his leg, the one who does so is liable. This is so even if the one making the request stipulated that the other would be exempt. If one person instructs another to rip his garment or to break his jug, the one who does so is liable. If the one making the request stipulated that the other would be exempt, then he is exempt. If he instructs him to do it to a third party on the condition that he is exempt, he is liable for both personal injuries and damage to property.

Baba Kama 9:1

If a person steals wood and makes utensils from it, or if he steals wool and makes clothes from it, he pays what the material was worth at the time of the robbery. If he stole a pregnant cow and it gave birth, or if he stole a fluffy sheep and he sheared it, he pays the value of a cow about to give birth or a sheep about to be shorn. If a person stole a cow and it got pregnant while in the thief’s possession and then gave birth, or if he stole a sheep and it got fluffy while in his possession and he then sheared it, he pays what it was worth at the time of the robbery. The general rule is that a thief pays for what an item was worth as of the time he stole it.