Commentary for Sanhedrin 146:5

ולר"ש בן יוחי דאמר עובד עבודת כוכבים ניתן להצילו בנפשו למה לי חד למעוטי בהמה וחד למעוטי שבת

But on the view of R. Simeon b. Yohai that an idolater must be saved [from sin] at the cost of his life, why are these verses necessary? — One excludes bestiality, and the other excludes the [desecration of the] Sabbath; for I would [otherwise] think, that the Sabbath is included through an analogy with idolatry, since 'profanation' is written in both.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. Infra 74b. ');">⁵</span>

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