Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 185:1
בעיגול של דבילה והוציאו לרשות הרבים בקורה והוציאו לרה"ר רבי יהודה אומר אם לא יכול אחד להוציאו והוציאוהו שנים חייבין ואם לאו פטורין ר"ש אומר אע"פ שלא יכול אחד להוציאו והוציאוהו שנים פטורים לכך נאמר בעשותה יחיד שעשאה חייב שנים שעשאוה פטורין
[If they hold] a round cake of pressed figs and carry it out into the street, or a beam, and carry it out into the street, — R. Judah said: If one cannot carry it out and both carry it out, they are culpable; if not, they are not culpable. R. Simeon ruled: Even if one cannot carry it out and both carry it out, they are not culpable: for this [reason] it is stated, 'in his doing', [to teach that] if a single person does it, he is liable; whereas if two do it, they are exempt. Wherein do they differ? In this verse: And if one person of the common people shall sin unwittingly, in his doing, [etc.]. R. Simeon holds: Three limitations are written: 'a person' shall sin, 'one' shall sin,' in his doing' he shall sin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., each of these expressions limits the law to the action of a single individual. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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