Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 48:22

אמר להו

and yet on a festival day it is forbidden, for it would be detaching a thing from the place of its growth; or perhaps, does R'Jose B'ha-Meshullam as a rule main tain that tearing is [considered] the same as shearing, but the reason why he permits [in the Mishnah] is because it is a forbidden act which was produced without intent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the Mishnah means by the expression 'tearing etc.' to pull the hair on both sides so as to clear a place but not with the intention of tearing or plucking, and that should this happen, there would be no infringement of the law.');">¹⁴</span>

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