Commentary for Pesachim 65:6

מר בריה דרבנא אמר הכי קאמר לא אם אמרת בשאר מצות שלא עשה בהן שאין מתכוין כמתכוין שאם נתכוין לחתוך את התלוש וחתך את המחובר שפטור תאמר במעילה שאם נתכוין להתחמם בגיזי חולין ונתחמם בגיזי עולה שמעל

R'Nahman B'Isaac said: He means this: If you say thus in the case of other precepts, that is because he who is not engaged therein is not declared culpable like he who is engaged therein, for if he intended picking up that which was detached but he plucked<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cut'.');">¹⁰</span> that which is attached [instead], he is not culpable;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here he was not engaged in plucking or cutting at all.');">¹¹</span> will you say [the same] of trespass, where if he stretched out his hand to take a vessel and [incidentally] anointed his hand with holy oil,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There too he was not engaged in anointing at all.');">¹²</span>

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