Commentary for Zevachim 181:8

אמר ליה רב הונא בר יהודה לרבא אטו מצוי לאו תדיר והתניא אוציא את הפסח שאינו תדיר ולא אוציא את המילה שהיא תדירה

Surely it was taught: I would exclude the Passover-offering, which is not constant, but I would not exclude circumcision, which is constant!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is a general rule that one incurs a sin-offering for an inadvertent transgression which if committed deliberately would involve kareth. This however refers to negative injunctions (hence, sins of commission) , not to positive commands; therefore, though deliberate neglect of the Passover-offering or circumcision involves kareth, unintentional neglect does not involve a sin-offering. In the present passage, however, it is sought to draw a distinction between the Passover-offering and circumcision, on the grounds that the latter is constant. Now actually it is no more constant than the former, since both are obligatory, and it is only more common (since circumcision takes place at any time, while the Passover-offering is sacrificed only for Passover) , and yet it is called constant, which shews that the two are identical.');">¹¹</span> - What does 'constant' mean?

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