Extra "Kofer כופר" Compensation where one's animal commits murder
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Executing a murderous animal
Where an animal murdered an eved
The purpose of Kofer
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"
Procedure
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
Special Cases
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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