Commentary for Shabbat 62:6

כחס על הנר כו': ר' יוסי כמאן ס"ל אי כר' יהודה ס"ל אפילו בהנך נמי ליחייב ואי כר"ש ס"ל פתילה נמי ליפטר אמר עולא לעולם כר' יהודה ס"ל וקסבר ר' יוסי סותר על מנת לבנות במקומו הוי סותר על מנת לבנות שלא במקומו לא הוי סותר

The wicked know that their way is to death, but they have fat on their loins [kislam].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which close their understanding. The loins (reins) were regarded as the seat of understanding. ');">¹⁶</span> But lest you think that it is their forgetfulness, therefore it is stated, and they approve their end with their own mouths.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLIX, 14. ');">¹⁵</span> IF HE WOULD SPARE THE LAMP, etc. With whom does R. Jose agree? If with R. Judah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That one is liable for work not needed in itself, v. p. 131, n. 4 ');">¹⁷</span>

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