Responsa for Shabbat 266:7
אלא אמר רב אשי הא מני רבי יוסי היא דתנן בין שנראה בעליל ובין שלא נראה בעליל מחללין עליו את השבת רבי יוסי אומר נראה בעליל אין מחללין עליו את השבת
R. Jose ruled: If it is clearly visible, they must not desecrate the Sabbath for it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is unnecessary. The same applies to the shreds which do not invalidate the circumcision. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> But how so? Perhaps R. Jose rules [thus] only there, because the Sabbath was not given to be superseded;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the very outset there was no need to desecrate the Sabbath, since the new moon is clearly visible to all. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Binyan Tziyon
That which you have written, namely, that you treat as forbidden wine that has been touched by a Jew who publicly desecrates Shabbat as he is an apostate against the entire Torah, proving this assertion from Responsa Mabit as cited in Nekudot Ha-kesef on Yoreh De’ah (124:2), which forbids the drinking of wine touched by Karaites as they desecrate the festivals, which makes them tantamount to Shabbat desecrators—indeed, there is someone who disputes this, and you therefore ask me for my opinion in this matter.
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