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ומאן דאמר אינו לוקה אמר לך מכדי זמירה בכלל זריעה ובצירה בכלל קצירה למאי הלכתא כתבינהו רחמנא למימר דאהני תולדות הוא דמיחייב אתולדה אחרינא לא מיחייב

[Accordingly], the one who says the offender is flogged, did not agree with that dictum of R'Abin in the name of R'Ela,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he interprets the Sabbatical Ordinance as a pure instance of a General-Particular-General form and takes sowing, pruning, reaping and gleaning as typical illustrative instances and, accordingly, considers 'ploughing' as included in the general terms of the Ordinance and hence as a punishable offence.');">²⁶</span> while the other who says that the offender is not flogged did agree with the dictum of R'Abin [in the name of R'Ela]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the Sabbatical Ordinance cannot be treated as a pure form of General-Particular-General, it being negative in the particulars, which amounts to saying, 'Not a, not b, not c; these, I mean, precisely, and no others'. 'Ploughing' therefore is not included among the forbidden processes and hence is not a punishable offence.');">²⁷</span> - Not [necessarily].

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