Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 5:12

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THE LAWS CONCERNING CARRYING ON THE SABBATH ARE OF TWO KINDS, SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR'TWO: The carrying out by the poor man; and the carrying out by the householder.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the sake of brevity the terms 'poor man' and 'householder' are employed, it being assumed that the poor man stands outside, and the householder inside; v. supra p. 1, n. 3 on MISHNAH:');">⁴</span> SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR: The bringing in by the poor man; and the bringing in by the householder. THE SHADES OF LEPROUS AFFECTIONS ARE OF TWO KINDS, SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR'TWO: Se'eth and Bahereth. SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR: The derivative of Se'eth, and the derivative of Bahereth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 1, n. 4 on MISHNAH:');">⁵</span> Who is the Tanna of our Mishnah? - It is neither R'Ishmael nor R'Akiba! It is not R'Ishmael, for he states: He is guilty only when the oath is in the future tense.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 25a. Our Mishnah includes also oaths in the past tense.');">⁶</span> And it is not R'Akiba, for he states: He is guilty only in the cases where he forgets his uncleanness [while eating holy food or entering the Temple], but not in the cases where he forgets that it is the Temple he is entering [or that the food is holy while he is unclean].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 14b. Our Mishnah includes the four categories.');">⁷</span> If you wish, I can say the Tanna of our Mishnah is R'Ishmael, or, if you prefer, I can say it is R'Akiba. may be R'Ishmael. [Of the four kinds of oaths mentioned, not all are equally serious; but] two incur punishment, and the other two do not. Or, it may be R'Akiba. Two [of the cases of transgression through uncleanness] incur punishment, and two do not. In some cases there is no punishment?

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