Commentary for Yoma 68:6

הני מילי בכל התורה כולה אבל הכא צירוף דרבנן הוא

And we asked investigatingly concerning it: Why is a Scriptural statement necessary for that,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it was a forbidden act produced without intent, it seems self-evident that it would be permitted. Why, then, was the Scriptural intimation necessary?');">¹⁴</span> and Abaye said: This was in accord with R'Judah who said: A forbidden act produced without intent, remains forbidden!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye, who held that this intimation supported the view of R. Judah, evidently agrees with him.');">¹⁵</span> That applies only to forbidden things in the whole Torah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the Torah proper, the Five Books of Moses, as against the Torah in general, the sum total of the Jewish law and tradition. Prohibitions of the Torah are more serious, hence even unintended transgression remains forbidden.');">¹⁶</span> but here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition dealt with here.');">¹⁷</span>

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