Bava Kama 37 - 43 Only on the Sabbath The owner of an ox pays
only half the damage caused by its goring until he has been
warned on three successive occasions that his ox is a gorer.
From then on he pays full damage. But he is considered an
inveterate gore only in regard to the pattern he set, i.e., the
type of victim he gored. What about the pattern of time? This
question was posed to Rabbi Yehuda: What is the status of an ox
that gored on three successive Sabbaths but not in the weekdays?
His ruling was that he is considered an inveterate gorer on
Sabbaths and his owner will pay in full for damage caused by his
goring on any Sabbath but is still considered a novice on
weekdays, obligating his owner to pay only half of the damage. -
Bava Kama 37a What logic is there in assuming that the ox has a
predilection for goring only on the Sabbath? The ox is idle on
the Sabbath (because the Torah restrains his master from having
him work on this day) and is therefore in a temperamental state.
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