Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Choshen Mishpat/385

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Paragraph 1- If one causes unrecognizable damage to another, such as where he combined idol-worship wine with the other’s wine, he is biblically exempt but the Rabbis penalized him to have him pay the full damage from his best properties, just like any other person who damages. Thus, if the tortfeasor were to die before he pays, we would not fine his son in his place. Similarly, if his action was unintentional or an accident, he would be exempt, because they only penalized one who acted deliberately.

Paragraph 2- If one pours another’s wine for idol worship purposes, the wine would not become prohibited because a person cannot prohibit something that does not belong to him. If he had a partnership in the wine or he was an apostate and was like an idolater, or they warned him and he accepted the warning, which makes him an apostate, he would prohibit the wine and would be required to pay, notwithstanding the fact that he receives the death penalty, because he was required to pay from the time he lifted the wine and was not deserving of death until he actually poured.