Commentary for Pesachim 92:5

רב חסדא אמר לוקה לא אמרינן הואיל ומיקלעי ליה אורחים חזי ליה רבה אמר אינו לוקה אמרינן הואיל

R'Hisda said, He is flagellated': We do not say, Since if guests visited him it would be fit for him [on the Festival itself].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore his action is not culpable.');">⁷</span> Rabbah said: He is not flagellated: we say, 'since' Said Rabbah to R'Hisda, According to you who maintain, We do not say, 'since', how may we bake on a Festival for the Sabbath?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But that we use this argument: since it is fit (of use) for him on that same day if he is visited by guests.');">⁸</span>

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