Commentary for Sanhedrin 80:20

העובד ע"ז את מי עבד לפעור עבד למרקוליס עבד ובמה עבד בזיבוח בקיטור בניסוך בהשתחואה

whereas according to the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For, as stated above, they declared the need of seven queries in the cases of charges punishable by burning a minori from stoning. What need then of the eleventh expression, which likewise indicates the case of burning? Hence this assumption must be made. ');">³⁹</span> [the necessary explanation is that] Scripture [sometimes] takes the trouble of stating a fact which can be deduced a minori. R. Abbahu ridiculed this [explanation]: Perhaps it [the eleventh expression] indicates an eighth query!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How can it be taken for certain that its purpose is to extend the law of seven queries to charges of burning? ');">⁴⁰</span>

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