Mesorat%20hashas for Keritot 32:35

זדון שבת ושגגת מלאכות אפילו ר"ע אומר דשבתות כגופין דמיין הא דתניא פטור בזדון שבת ושגגת מלאכות דשבתות כגופין דמיין

Rabban Gamaliel, however, admits that if he wrote one letter on one Sabbath and the other on another, he is exempt'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The latter sentence seems to be an inference rather than a quotation, for it is not found in connection with the quoted Mishnahs.');">¹⁷</span> Whereas in another [Baraitha] it has been taught: 'If one wrote two letters on two different Sabbaths, one on one Sabbath and the other on another, Rabban Gamaliel declares him liable, and the Sages declare him not liable'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is thus a seeming contradiction in the two Baraithas with regard to R. Gamaliel's opinion.');">¹⁸</span> On the assumption that Rabban Gamaliel followed R'Akiba's opinion, [Rab Hisda argued thus:] According to me, who hold that in the case of an act being performed with knowledge of the Sabbath but in ignorance of its prohibition even R'Akiba agrees that the different Sabbath days are like different objects, there is no contradiction, for that which taught that he is exempt<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Gamaliel.');">¹⁹</span> refers to a case where the letters were written with knowledge of the Sabbath but in ignorance of the prohibition,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That writing is forbidden on the Sabbath.');">²⁰</span> in which case the different Sabbaths are like different objects<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the two letters can therefore not combine. It is as if one did on two different Sabbaths each time a portion of a different act.');">²¹</span>

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