Commentary for Shabbat 185:4

ור"מ מי כתיב נפש תחטא אחת תחטא בעשותה תחטא תרי מעוטי כתיבי חד למעוטי זה עוקר וזה מניח וחד למעוטי יחיד שעשאה בהוראת ב"ד:

The Master said. 'If one is able but the other is not, all agree that he is culpable.' Which one is culpable? — Said R. Hisda: He who is able. For if the one who is unable, — what does he do then?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He himself can effect nothing. ');">⁵</span> Said R. Hamnuna to him: Surely he helps him? Helping is no concrete [act], replied he. R. Zebid said on Raba's authority: We learnt likewise: If he [a <i>zab</i>] is sitting on a bed and four cloths are under the feet of the bed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one cloth under each foot. ');">⁶</span>

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