Extra "Kofer כופר" Compensation where one's animal commits murder

Executing a murderous animal

Where an animal murdered an eved

Kofer as atonement: Makkot 2b

The idea of Kofer is that the damager removed from the victim the opportunity to do mitzvot: Rashi Bava Kama 15a "Ish DeBar"

Whether Kofer is paid based on the victim's worth or the aggressor's worth: Makkot 2b

Whether Kofer is paid for murder by an animal, as well as that performed by humans, or not: Bava Kama 4a, 9b

Whether one pays Kofer at all, or perhaps halfway, for damage by an animal that was not known to be dangerous: Pesachim 22b; Ketuvot 41a-b; Bava Kama 15a

Edim Zomimin who claimed that a man's animal killed a human being: Makkot 2b

What if one admits on his own that his animal murdered someone: Ketuvot 41a



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