Commentary for Shabbat 139:6

ותיפוק ליה לחלוק מלאכות מהיכא דנפקא ליה לר' יוסי דתניא רבי יוסי אומר (ויקרא ד, ב) ועשה מאחת מהנה פעמים שחייבים אחת על כולן ופעמים שחייבין על כל אחת ואחת אמר ר' יוסי בר' חנינא מ"ט דר' יוסי אחת מאחת הנה מהנה אחת שהיא הנה הנה שהיא אחת

so for every principal labour a separate liability is incurred.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the difficulty, why does Samuel quote different verses to learn this? ');">¹⁶</span> — Samuel holds as R. Jose, who maintained: Kindling is singled out to teach that it is [merely the object of] a negative precept.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas other labours, wilfully performed, are punishable by death or kareth, this is punished by flagellation, like the violation of any negative precept. ');">¹⁷</span> For it was taught: Kindling is singled out to teach that it is [merely the object of] a negative precept: this is R. Jose's view. R. Nathan said: It is particularly specified to indicate division.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As above. ');">¹⁸</span>

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