Commentary for Yoma 148:7

אביא את הנבילה שהוא בלאו ולא אביא את החולין שאינן בלאו ת"ל תענו ועניתם את נפשותיכם ריבה

Just as in connection with work [the reference is to] something for which one may become culpable also in another connection,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Namely on the Sabbath.');">⁶</span> so with affliction it is to something for which one might become culpable in another connection, and what is that? 'An abhorred thing',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A sacrifice rejected in consequence of an improper intention in the mind of the sacrificing priest, v. Lev. VII, 18.');">⁷</span>

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