Commentary for Pesachim 53:3
אלא ר' אליעזר דעצי אשירה דתנן נטל הימנה עצים אסורין בהנאה הסיק בהן את התנור חדש יותץ ישן יוצן
but [if they fell in] simultaneously, then indeed it may be permitted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because R. Eliezer permits the product of two causes.');"><sup>6</sup></span> - Rather it is R'Eliezer'[s ruling] on the wood of the asherah [which is alluded to]. For we learned: If he took wood from it [sc. the asherah], benefit thereof is forbidden.
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