6. It turns out that the first watchman is פטור from all responsibility. Isn’t this a question on רבא ? . רבא said… If a שומר gives the object he is guarding to another שומר , the first one is responsible for anything that happens to it . רבא will say to you… The Mishna is discussing a shepherd who gave the animal over to his apprentice. Since that is normal practice, the first shepherd is פטור . Version 1
7. The Mishna says specifically that if he “gave it to a SHEPHERD, he is פטור ” . He is פטור because he gave it to his apprentice, but if he gave it to anyone else, he’d be חייב . This is a proof to … . רבא said… If a שומר gives the object he is watching over to another שומר , the first one is responsible for anything that happens to it איכא דאמרי Maybe the first שומר is פטור no matter who he gave it to. The Mishna picked shepherd only because that is a common case Version 2
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