Mesorat%20hashas for Keritot 39:18
פשיטא
Our Rabbis taught: If one removed coals [from a burning pile] on the Sabbath, he is liable to a sin-offering R'Simeon B'Eleazar says in the name of R'Eliezer son of R'Zadok: He is liable to two [offerings], because he extinguished the upper coals and kindled the lower ones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By transferring live coals from a burning pile into a container, those that were lying on top of the pile are now at the bottom of the container and cool off, but those at the bottom of the pile flare up. His action therefore involves both extinguishing and kindling.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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