Mesorat%20hashas for Berakhot 105:5

וכי תימא הך איסורא אזל ליה והא אחרינא הוא ובידא דישראל קא מתילדא אלא הא דתניא המוציא שלהבת לר"ה חייב אמאי חייב מה שעקר לא הניח ומה שהניח לא עקר

And shouldest thou say that the light which is prohibited ceases to exist whereas the other is quite a different one and came into being in the hand of the Israelite, there is the teaching : Who causes a flame to issue into the public way [on the Sabbath] has incurred guilt ; but why has he incurred guilt ? What he has taken up he has not set down, and what he has set down he has not taken up!

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