Commentary for Pesachim 119:12

מידי איריא הא כדאיתא והא כדאיתא סיפא בעבודה אחת רישא אי בעבודה אחת אי בשתי עבודות

you say that it is disqualified. is it necessary [to state it where it is first] for another purpose and [then] for its own purpose?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the very first intention is illegitimate and disqualifies it; how then is it to regain its validity? The same difficulty arises if the Mishnah refers to one and the same service, but then it can be answered that the Mishnah informs us in the first clause ('FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE AND FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE') that we do not determine the matter purely by his first words, and in the second clause ('FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE AND FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE') that the matter is not determined purely by his last words, but that due weight must be given to both.');">¹¹</span>

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