Last night's shiur focused on certain key terms that continue to reappear throughout Shas, and we highlight them as a matter of course before tackling a sugyah. Feel free to review the archive of last night's shiur to see the process; we will do it as much as possible in our upcoming sugyot.
The topic of the Gemara at this point is the the din that Edim Zomimin do not pay Kofer. This is the payment for having one's ox (mu'ad) gore a person. The ox owner has to make a payment that the Chumash calls "Kofer". The Gemara raises the question : Whose view (amongst the Tannaim) is it that is represented by the baraita which exempts the Edim Zomimin from Kofer?
The answer provided is that it is R. Yishmael the son of R. Yochanan Ben Broka is the Tanna - because he holds, contrary to Tanna Kamma, that the basis of the payment is the value of the Mazik (owner of the killing ox), as opposed to the Nizak (one killed); this fits in with the view that the "Pidyon Nafsho" is the redemption/atonement for the owner's "nefesh". He needs atonement. As we discussed, the Gemara is about to reject this view and explain the machloket in the baraita differently.......that's tonight's learning!
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