Chasidut for Shabbat 139:2
חייב על כל מלאכה ומלאכה: חילוק מלאכות מנלן אמר שמואל אמר קרא (שמות לא, יד) מחלליה מות יומת התורה רבתה מיתות הרבה על חילול אחד האי במזיד כתיב אם אינו ענין למזיד דכתיב (שמות לה, ב) כל העושה מלאכה יומת תנהו ענין לשוגג ומאי יומת יומת בממון
— Said Samuel: Scripture saith, every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXI, 14. 'Surely' is expressed in Hebrew by the doubling of the verb, which according to Talmudic exegesis signifies extension. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> the Torah decreed many deaths for one desecration. But this refers to wilful [desecration]? — Seeing that it is irrelevant in connection with wilful transgression, for it is written, whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXV, 2. Here the verb is not doubled. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> apply it to an unwitting offender;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is one of the methods of Talmudic exegesis: a text or its deduction which is irrelevant or incorrect in reference to its own case is applied to another case. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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