Commentary for Pesachim 149:7
ואי בעית אימא התם טעמא דכתב רחמנא צלי אש שתי פעמים הא לא כתב רחמנא צלי אש שתי פעמים הוה אמינא אאש קפיד רחמנא ואפילו גרפו נמי צלי אש הוא אבל הכא אעצים דאיסורא קא קפיד רחמנא והא ליתנהו
[Thus] the reason is that the Divine Law revealed [it by stating] roast with fire' twice; but if the Divine Law had not revealed it, I would say, it is 'roast with fire'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence in the present case as there is no Biblical intimation, we should regard it as though the fire itself were present, and by corollary, as though, the oven were unswept.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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