Reference for Meilah 41:22

רבי יוחנן אמר

the moisture being one that comes out of them when they are in the vat and not moisture that comes out of them when they are still in the store basket.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We learn from this that the vat may be considered an instrument for the realization of the owner's wish. In the same way are the deaf-mute, the imbecile and the minor to be considered a mere instrument by which the employer's wish is fulfilled. In other words: With sacrilege it is not the act of appropriation that is decisive, but the effect of possessing or deriving a benefit from consecrated things. It does not matter, therefore, whether it be achieved by legally qualified persons or not.');">¹⁴</span>

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