Commentary for Yevamot 240:7

אמר אביי לא קשיא הא ר"ש בן אלעזר הא רבנן דתניא מעידין על המגוייד ואין מעידין על הצלוב רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר אף על המגוייד אין מעידין מפני שיכול לכוות ולחיות

[Thus it follows that] it is only defilement that he does not cause but that it is impossible for him to live!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is contradictory to the implication in our Mishnah. ');">¹⁷</span> — Abaye replied: This is no difficulty. The one represents the view of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that'. ');">¹⁸</span> R. Simeon b. Eleazar; the other that of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that'. ');">¹⁸</span>

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