Commentary for Shabbat 59:1
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מדקתני סיפא חייב ש"מ ר' יהודה היא רישא במאי עסיקנא אי בחולה שיש בו סכנה מותר מיבעי ליה ואי בחולה שאין בו סכנה חייב חטאת מיבעי ליה
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Since the second clause teaches, HE IS CULPABLE, it may be inferred that it is R. Judah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The work of extinguishing is not needed per se but merely to effect something else, e.g., to spare the oil, and it is R. Judah who maintains that such work involves liability. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Then to what does the first clause refer? if to an invalid dangerously ill, [the Tanna] should have stated, 'it is permitted'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'He is exempt' implies that it is actually forbidden. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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