Page 63 - TzurbaFlipUSA_Neat

Even if one owes money to another due to a wrongdoing, the Mishna elsewhere states that one still needs to ask them
forgiveness in addition to repaying them.

א דומע בצ ףד ,אמק אבב תכסמ ,ילבב דומלת 8 .
ןינמו .’וגו תשא בשה התעו +’כ תישארב+ :רמאנש ,ונממ שקביש דע ול לחמנ ןיא ,ול ןתונ אוהש פ”עא .’ינתמ
.’וגו ךלמיבא תא םיהלא אפריו םיהלאה לא םהרבא ללפתיו )’כ תישארב( :רמאנש ?ירזכא אוהש ול לחמ אל םאש

שקביש דע ול לחמנ ןיא ,םלועבש תויבנ יליא לכ איבה ’יפא - ורעצ לבא ,ותשוב ימד - ורמאש ולא לכ :ר”ת .’מג
.ךדעב ללפתיו אוה איבנ יכ שיאה תשא בשה )’כ תישארב( :רמאנש ,ונממ

Masechet Bava Kama 92a
MISHNA: Despite the fact that the assailant pays the victim, he is not forgiven until he requests forgiveness
from the victim, as it is stated that God told Avimelech after he had taken Sarah from Avraham: “Now therefore
restore the wife of the man; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live” (Bereishit 20:7),
indicating that Avimelech required Avraham to pray for him, which presumably would only occur after Abraham
forgave him. And from where is it derived that if the victim does not forgive him that he is cruel? As it is stated:
“And Avraham prayed to God; and God healed Avimelech...” (Bereishit 20:17).
GEMARA: The Sages taught: All these sums that they said one is liable to pay are the compensation for his
humiliation, for which there is a set amount. But for the victim’s pain caused by the assailant, even if the assailant
brings all the rams of Nevayot (see Yeshaya 60:7) that are in the world as offerings, his transgression is not
forgiven until he requests forgiveness from the victim, as it is stated: “Restore the wife of the man; for he is a
prophet, and he shall pray for you” (Bereishit 20:7).

ןנברמ אברוצ רופיכ םוי תוכלה · 61