Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 146:9
והדש: תנא הדש והמנפץ והמנפט כולן מלאכה אחת הן:
R. Abba said: If one digs a pit on the Sabbath, needing only the earth thereof,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not the pit itself. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> he is not culpable on its account. And even according to R. Judah, who ruled: One is liable on account of a labour which is not required on its own account:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 12a, 31b. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
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