Halakhah for Shabbat 266:14

מוצצין וכו': אמר רב פפא האי אומנא דלא מייץ סכנה הוא ועברינן ליה

R. Papa demurred 'The surgeon'! he can say to them, 'I have performed half of the precept: do you perform half of the precept.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., his labour was certainly permitted as far as it went. ');">²⁶</span> Rather said R. Papa: An adult.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It refers to an adult who circumcises himself on weekdays, and he is punished by kareth because he remains uncircumcised on account of these shreds. ');">²⁷</span>

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