Commentary for Sanhedrin 179:4
רב המנונא אמר מחלוקת בעוקר הגוף בין בעבודת כוכבים בין בשאר מצות וקיום מקצת וביטול מקצת דעבודת כוכבים דרחמנא אמר מן הדרך אפילו מקצת הדרך
all agree that he is strangled;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because this is prohibited in Deut. XVIII, 20: But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak … shall die. Unspecified death means strangulation. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> whilst if he partially annuls and partially confirms any other precept, all agree that he is exempt.
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