Commentary for Shabbat 206:12

א"ר יהודה מצינו שם קטן משם גדול: מי דמי מ"ם דשם סתום מ"ם דשמעון פתוח אמר רב חסדא זאת אומרת סתום ועשאו פתוח כשר

Rather R. Simeon comes to teach us this: [one is not guilty] unless he writes the whole word. But can you say so? Surely it was taught, R. Simeon said: 'And shall do one': you might think that one must write the whole word; therefore 'of one' is stated? — Answer and say thus: You might think that one must write a complete sentence, therefore 'of one' is stated.

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