Related%20passage for Moed Katan 4:9

בשלמא לדידי דאמינא משום זורע היינו דאסירא זריעה בכלאים אלא לדידך דאמרת משום חורש חרישה בכלאים מי אסירא

And should you rejoin that where there are two [possible categories], the offender is liable only on one count, [this cannot be] for did not R'Kahana say that if one [incidentally] pruned [his tree] in cutting it for wood<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he prunes and requires the wood'. Shab. 73b. Work on the Sabbath is to be purposive, whether intended or not. If one did what he desired to do, without knowing that such a thing was not to be done on the Sabbath, or forgetting for the moment that it was the Sabbath day, he would not be punishable, but would have to bring a sin-offering in Temple times.');">⁶</span> he is liable on two counts, one under the category of planting<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pruning promotes growth and is therefore another form of sowing or planting.');">⁷</span>

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