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and so did R' Yehuda exempt a blind person from all judgments of civil law that are in the Torah. The Talmud explains: What is the reasoning of R' Yehuda? The verse states with regard to an unintentional killing: “Then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, accord
The Talmud presents another statement of R' Yehuda. It is taught in another baraita that R' Yehuda says: A blind person does not have, i.e., receive, compensation for humiliation, and so did R' Yehuda exempt a blind person from all mitzvot that are stated in the Torah. Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi,
Rav Yosef, who was blind, said: At first, I would say: If I hear one who says that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, who says: A blind person is exempt from the mitzvot, then I will host a festive day for the rabbis. What is the reason? It is that I am not commanded and
Rav Yosef continues. But now that I heard this statement of R' Ḥanina, as R' Ḥanina says: One who is commanded and performs a mitzva is greater than one who is not commanded and performs it, I say: If I hear one who says to me that the halakha is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, th
Mishnah: This halakha is a stringency with regard to a person who caused injury, compared to the halakha with regard to an ox that caused injury: The halakha is that the person pays compensation for damage, pain, medical costs, loss of livelihood, and humiliation; and if he caused a woman to miscar