Talmud for Shabbat 180:8

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> למה ליה למיתני המצניע ליתני המוציא לזרע ולדוגמא ולרפואה חייב בכל שהוא אמר אביי הכא במאי עסקינן כגון שהצניעו ושכח למה הצניעו והשתא קא מפיק ליה סתמא

HE IS LIABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STANDARD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For by changing his mind he removes the artificial value which he first attached to it, and it is the same as any other of its kind. ');">¹⁸</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Why must he teach, IF ONE LAYS ASIDE; let him teach, If one carries out [aught] for sowing, for a sample, or for a medicine, he is culpable, whatever its size?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For a definite standard is required only when one carries it out without any specified purpose. But if he states his purpose, he ipso fucto attaches a value to it. ');">¹⁹</span> — Said Abaye: We discuss here a case e.g., where one laid it aside and [then] forgot why he laid it aside, and now he carries it out without specifying the purpose:

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