Commentary for Yevamot 12:6

דתניא הבערה ללאו יצתה דברי ר' יוסי רבי נתן אומר לחלק

'Wherefore 'was it stated'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition of kindling a fire, surely, is included in the general prohibition of labour on Sabbath. ');">¹¹</span> Surely if one is to follow R. Jose, &nbsp; &nbsp; <font>it was to intimate that [kindling a fire on the Sabbath is] a prohibition only;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., only a negative commandment the transgression of which does not, like the other Sabbath offences, involve the penalties of stoning or kareth. The former, if the offender was warned beforehand of the consequence of his offence, the latter, where no such warning had been given. ');">¹²</span></font>

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