Commentary for Sanhedrin 123:13

וא"ר יונתן מאי טעמא דרבי יוסי דכתיב ועשה מאחת מהנה אחת מאחת הנה מהנה אחת שהיא הנה והנה שהיא אחת

'many offences may involve but one sacrifice [i.e., "them" = "one"]' — e.g., if he was unaware that it was the Sabbath, but knew that his actions are forbidden on the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore, since all his actions were the result of being unaware of one single fact, viz., that it was the Sabbath, only one sacrifice is due. In this discussion 'them' is taken to indicate more than one. We see from this Baraitha that R. Jose derives 'separation' of labour on the Sabbath from this verse, therefore he is bound to interpret the singling out of kindling as teaching something else, viz., that kindling is only subject to a negative precept. ');">¹³</span>

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