Commentary for Sanhedrin 123:23
אלא באומר מותר תפשוט דבעא מיניה רבא מרב נחמן העלם זה וזה בידו מהו
[Now on that assumption] you may deduce that he is liable only for one sacrifice?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if one declared that idolatry is permissible, it is as though he were unaware that a particular thing was an idol, as explained at the beginning of 62a. Hence if we deduce from the verse that in idolatry only one sacrifice is needed for such inadvertence, the same must apply to the Sabbath. At this stage of the discussion it is assumed, however, that this deduction is impossible, as otherwise Raba would not have propounded his problem. Consequently the verse cannot be applied to idolatry, and R. Abba is justified in regarding kindling and prostration as interdependent both in interpretation and in the resultant laws and R. Zakkai's statement is admissible as correct — according to R. Jose. ');"><sup>23</sup></span>
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