Reference for Sanhedrin 93:17

א"ל אביי מי סברת מת מתוך רשעו הויא ליה כפרה מת מתוך רשעו לא הויא ליה כפרה דתני רב שמעיה יכול אפילו פירשו אבותיו מדרכי ציבור יטמא ת"ל בעמיו בעושה מעשה עמיו

it remains so. Andboth rulings are necessary. For had he taught us the first one only, [onemight have assumed that] it is because he had rendered himself unfit [tooffer a sacrifice] by his ownaction;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In becoming a apostate. ');">²⁷</span> but as for the latter case[insanity], where he was automatically unfitted, I might say that he is [merely]as a person who has slept [in themeantime].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where no suspension is caused by the normal intermediary gap in one's intelligent consciousness. ');">²⁸</span>

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