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the payment of the extra part of the double payment, i.e., the amount that exceeds the principal.
§ The Mishnah teaches: If one stole an animal and subsequently he consecrated it as an offering, and afterward he slaughtered or sold it, the thief pays the double payment but he does not pay the fourfold or fivefold payment. The rabbis say: Granted, he is not liable to pay the fourfold or fivefold
But let him be liable to pay the fourfold or fivefold payment for having consecrated the animal in the first place, as what difference is it to me if he sold the animal to an ordinary person, and what difference is it to me if he sold it to Heaven by consecrating it? Consecration should be considere
The Talmud answers: In accordance with whose opinion is this Mishnah taught? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who says that sacrificial animals for which the owner bears financial responsibility to replace with another animal if one of the original animals is lost or dies are consi
The Talmud rejects this answer: But from the fact that the latter clause of the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, it follows that the first clause of the Mishnah, which is stated before his opinion is introduced, is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon.