Commentary for Yevamot 128:15

א"ל אביי חזי דקשרית איסורא וסכנתא

who died; her second [sister circumcised her child] and he also died, and her third sister appeared before him. He said to her, 'Go and circumcise him'. Said Abaye to him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To R. Isaac b. Joseph. ');">³⁶</span> See, you have permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [I.e., by reporting R. Johanan's ruling. Var. lec., 'the Master permits a forbidden' etc., referring probably to R. Johanan]. ');">³⁷</span> a forbidden<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the third child was not permitted to be circumcised, the operation constituted manual labour which is forbidden on the Sabbath. ');">³⁸</span>

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