Commentary for Shabbat 155:1
וליתא דרבי ינאי והכא בהא קמיפלגי ר"ש בן אלעזר סבר אבר קטן דגדול ואבר גדול דקטן בן יומו כי הדדי נינהו ורבי נתן סבר אבר קטן דגדול אין אבר גדול דקטן בן יומו לא מאי הוי עלה תא שמע דתניא רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר שמן כדי לסוך אבר קטן של קטן בן יומו:
R. Jannai's dictum being incorrect. But here they differ in this: R. Simeon b. Eleazar holds: an adult's small limb and a day-old infant's large limb are identical [in size]. While R. Nathan holds: Only an adult's small limb [creates culpability], but not the large limb of a day-old infant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the phrasing of the controversy must be interpreted accordingly. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> What is our decision thereon? — Come and hear: For it was taught, R. Simeon b. Eleazar said: Oil, as much as is required to rub in a small limb of a day-old infant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence this must be his meaning in the controversy quoted, while R. Nathan disagrees, as suggested in the first explanation. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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