LEV946 Special place [in Jewish law] is given in the context of damages to the prevention of damage to the human body. Here, in addition to the economic loss caused by the loss of limbs or by death itself, there are obviously also moral and psychological costs, both to the individual and to society. Halakhic sources are careful to translate even these costs into monetary ones, since a human court would not be able to inflict punishment commensurate with the moral or psychological damage. Thus, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” [Leviticus 24:20], has always been understood by the Oral Law to mean monetary compensation, as defined in the following Mishnah: “He who damages his fellow man bodily is liable to pay for five types of damages: namely, damage [a monetary assessment of the physical damage done]; pain [payment for the pain incurred on account of the injury]; medical costs; enforced idleness [as a result of the sickness or damage done]; and shame [it is an affront to human dignity for a man to have been involved in the kind of situation in which the damage resulted.] Baba Kama, chapter 8, mishnah 1.