Commentary for Sanhedrin 70:12

אלא הא דכתיב מעם מזבחי תקחנו למות ההוא לקרבן יחיד דלא דחי שבת

refers to [matters concerning] a <i>Beth din</i>, so the word 'habitations' found here refers to [work entailed by a] <i>Beth din</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., execution. ');">²³</span> And regarding it the Divine Law states: Ye shall not kindle a fire in all your habitations.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even such fire as is involved in execution by burning, ordered by a Beth din. This execution cannot suspend the Sabbath laws, in spite of the argument a minori. This fact too refutes the argument by which it was sought to prove that the burial of a Meth-Mizwah should abrogate the Sabbath. ');">²⁴</span>

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