Study Bava Kamma folio 98B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
If there are witnesses who know what was written in the promissory note, they should write a new, proper, promissory note for him, and there will not be any loss. And if there are no witnesses, how do we know what was written in the promissory note in order to assess liability? Rava says: Let it r
Rav Dimi bar Ḥanina said: This statement of Rabba is the subject of a dispute between R' Shimon and the Rabbis. According to the opinion of R' Shimon, who says that an item that causes financial loss is considered to have monetary value, the one who burned the promissory note is liable. According to
Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, objects to this: Say that you heard the opinion of R' Shimon, that an item that causes financial loss is considered to have monetary value, with regard to a case where he damaged an item that has intrinsic monetary value, in accordance with the statement of Rabba. As
Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, explains: According to the opinion of R' Shimon, who says that an item that causes financial loss is considered to have monetary value, the one who burned it is liable, and he must pay the robber. Although it is prohibited to derive benefit from leavened bread, the ro
The Talmud cites a ruling for the case where one burns the promissory note of another. Ameimar said: The one who rules that there is liability for damage caused by indirect action collects, in this case, the value of a proper promissory note, i.e., the amount of the debt, from the one who burned th