Commentary for Bekhorot 49:5

בההיא אפי' ר' שמעון מודה דאביי ורבא דאמרי תרוייהו

For Abaye and Raba both said: R'Simeon admits where it is a case of 'let his head be cut off, but let him not die',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A dialectic term denoting the unavoidable result of an act. And here, since he closes the boiler with the stopper, it is inevitable that there should be squeezing and therefore even R. Simeon, who elsewhere holds that an unintentioned forbidden act is not prohibited, admits in such an Instance that it is prohibited.');">³</span>

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