Commentary for Eruvin 40:13

והכי נמי מסתברא דאי נקיט מנא ולא נקיט לה מי שרי והתניא לא ימלא אדם מים ויתן לפני בהמתו אבל ממלא ושופך והיא שותה מאיליה

from one corner into another<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Within a private domain.');">²⁰</span> and then changed his mind and carried them out [into a public domain] he is exempt, since the lifting up [of the objects] was not originally intended for this purpose?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A sin-offering is incurred only where a man intended to do a certain work but forgot that the day was Sabbath or that such work was forbidden on the Sabbath. In the case of the bucket under discussion, therefore, since the keeper when he lifted it up, had no intention of carrying it out into the public domain, no sin-offering would be incurred even if he eventually did carry it out. Why then, should a preventive measure be enacted against a possible act which even if committed would involve no Pentateuchal obligation?');">²¹</span>

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