Commentary for Meilah 36:3
תלמוד לומר וחטאה
One might assume that [the Law of Sacrilege applied also to a case] where one has damaged [consecrated things] but has derived therefrom no benefit or has derived a benefit but has left the things unimpaired, or [that it applies] to things attached to the ground and in the case of a messenger who has carried out his appointed errand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., that the agent should be liable to the penalty of sacrilege and not his employer, in accordance with the otherwise valid general rule: 'One cannot appoint a deputy for an illegal act'. V. however infra 20a.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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