Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 54:2

אפי' תימא ר' יאשיה וסבר לה כר"ע דדריש רבויי ומיעוטי (ואייתר ליה או לחלק)

R. JUDAH B. BATHYRA SAID: NOW, IF FOR AN OPTIONAL MATTER, etc. Well did the Rabbis reply to R. Judah b. Bathyra. And R. Judah b. Bathyra? He may reply to you: Is there not [the case of] doing good to others, which, though it is not applicable [negatively] in doing evil to others, is yet included by the Divine Law? Similarly, therefore, in [the case of] fulfilling a precept, though it is not applicable [negatively] in annulling a precept, it may be included by the Divine Law. And the Rabbis? - There it is applicable [negatively in such a case as], I shall not do good [to others];' but here, is it applicable [negatively] in, I shall not fulfil [the precept]'?

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