Jerusalem Talmud Bava Kamma 2.5

משנה: הַכֶּלֶב וְהַגְּדִי שֶׁקָּפְצוּ מֵרֹאשׁ הַגַּג וְשִׁיבְּרוּ אֶת הַכֵּלִים מְשַׁלְּמִין נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן מוּעָדִין. כֶּלֶב שֶׁנָּטַל אֶת הַחֲרָרָה וְהָלַךְ לוֹ לְגָדִישׁ אָכַל אֶת הַחֲרָרָה וְהִדְלִיק אֶת הַגָּדִישׁ עַל הַחֲרָרָה מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם וְעַל הַגָּדִישׁ מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק.

MISHNAH: For a dog or a kid goat which jumped from a roof and broke vessels one pays full damages because they are notorious. If a dog stole a hot pitta and went to a stack of sheaves; while it was eating the hot pitta it ignited the stack. For the pitta [its owner] pays full damages, for the stack he pays half damages.

הלכה: הַכֶּלֶב וְהַגְּדִי שֶׁקָּפְצוּ מֵרֹאשׁ הַגַּג כול׳. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. שֶׁקָּפְצוּ. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. שֶׁנָּפְלוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. כֵּינִי מַתְנִיתָא. שֶׁקָּפְצוּ. נָפְלוּ לֹא בְדָא.

HALAKHAH: “For a dog or a kid goat which jumped from a roof,” etc. There are Tannaïm who state: “jumped”. There are Tannaïm who state: “fell”. Rebbi Joḥanan said, so is the Mishnah: “jumped”. But “fell” does not apply.

כֶּלֶב שֶׁנָּטַל אֶת הַחֲרָרָה. רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר. בְּמַצִּית אֶת הָאוֹר עַל כָּל שִׁיבּוֹלֶת וְשִׁיבּוֹלֶת. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר. נַעֲשֶׂה כְּזוֹרֵק אֶת הַחֵץ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם. אָמַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר טֶבְלַיי. מַתְנִיתָא מְסַיְיעָא לְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ. הָיָה גְדִי כָפוּת לוֹ וְעֶבֶד סָמוּךְ לוֹ וְנִשְׂרַף עִמּוֹ חַיָיב. עֶבֶד כָפוּת לוֹ וּגְדִי סָמוּךְ לוֹ פָּטוּר. אִם אוֹמֵר אַתְּ שֶׁאֵין כְּזוֹרֵק אֶת הַחֵץ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם. עַל שִׁיבּוֹלֶת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה נִתְחַיֵיב מִיתָה. מִיכָּן וְהֵילָךְ תַּשְׁלוּמִין. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. וְאַתְּ שְׁמַע מִינָּהּ. שׁוֹרוֹ שֶׁהִדְלִיק אֶת הַגָּדִישׁ בַּשַּׁבָּת חַיָיב. וְהוּא שֶׁהִדְלִיק אֶת הַגָּדִישׁ בַּשַּׁבָּת פָּטוּר. אִם אוֹמֵר אַתְּ שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְּזוֹרֵק אֶת הַחֵץ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם. וְיֵיעָשֶׂה כְמִי שֶׁחָלוּ עָלָיו תַּשְׁלוּמִין. מִיכָּן וְהֵילַךְ יְהֵא חַיָיב בְּתַשְׁלוּמִין. חַד בַּר נַשׁ אַפִּיק פֻּלַטֵירָה בְּפוֹרָה. עָבַר חַמְרָא וְתַבְרֵיהּ. אָתָא עוֹבְדָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר טֶבְלַיי. אָמַר לֵיהּ לֹא חַיָיב לָךְ כְּלוּם. וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁאִם נִיזּוֹק חַיָיב בְּנִזְקוֹ.

“A dog stole a hot pitta.” Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, only if he lit every single ear of grain. Rebbi Joḥanan said, he is like a person who shoots an arrow from one place to another. Rebbi Isaac bar Tevelai said, a Mishnah supports Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: “If a kid goat was bound to it and a slave was close by and was burned, he is obligated. If the slave was bound and the kid goat close by, he is free.” But if you say that he is not like a person who shoots an arrow from one place to another, then for the first ear he is guilty of a capital crime; for the remainder he should be liable for repayment. Rebbi Yose said, you also understand that from: “If his cattle set fire to a stack of sheaves on the Sabbath, he is obligated. But if he set fire to a stack of sheaves on the Sabbath, he is free.” But if you say that he is not like a person who shoots an arrow from one place to another, then should he not become obligated since for the remainder he should be liable for repayment. A person did put out a hot water bottle outside. A donkey passed by and broke it. The case came before Rebbi Isaac bar Tevelai, who said to him: He does not owe you anything. Not only that but if [the donkey] suffered damage, [you] would be obligated for its damages.