Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 70:5

רציחה גופה תדחה את השבת מק"ו מה עבודה שדוחה את השבת רציחה דוחה אותה שנאמר (שמות כא, יד) מעם מזבחי תקחנו למות שבת שנידחת מפני עבודה אינו דין שתהא רציחה דוחה אותה

'What does this teach?' [askest thou]! According to R. Jose, [it is particularized] in order to constitute it merely a prohibitory command;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., its infringement is punishable only by lashes and not by stoning, as is the performance of other work on the Sabbath. ');">⁹</span> according to R. Nathan in order to teach separation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to teach that each transgression of the Sabbath laws is to be atoned for separately. This interpretation is based on the eighth of the thirteen exegetical principles expounded by R. Ishmael, namely: If anything is included in a general proposition and is then made the subject of a special statement, that which is predicated of it is not to be understood as limited to itself alone, but applies to the whole of the general proposition. ');">¹⁰</span>

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