Commentary for Keritot 5:47
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How is 'these' resulting in 'one':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The twofold partitive prefix in , Lev. IV, 2 is an unusual construction. Both prefixes are regarded as significant, to be used ,jt vbvn separately: firstly as one out of these', indicating that several prohibited acts may be counted as one transgression, namely when vbv ,jtn they result from one error; secondly as 'these out of one',implying that one law e.g., Sabbath, may lead to several transgressions, namely when the various acts originate in different errors. The former implication is expressed in the Gemara in the terms that 'these' results in 'one', and the latter that 'one' results in 'these'.');"><sup>29</sup></span>
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