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and every primary category of labor that he performed. One who performs numerous prohibited labors subsumed under a single category of labor is liable to bring only one sin-offering.
Talmud: The Talmud attempts to clarify the language of the Mishnah and asks: Why did the Mishnah teach the phrase: A significant principle? If you say it is because of the following reason, it is problematic. Here, because the tanna wants to teach in a Mishnah later in the chapter with regard to a
R' Yosei bar Avin said that the term: A significant principle, is not dependent on the existence of another principle; rather, it is dependent on the significance of the principle. Therefore, with regard to the halakhot of Shabbat and the Sabbatical Year, which include primary categories and subcate
Rather, isn’t this the reason the Mishnah employs the term: A significant principle; because it is significant relative to other principles? The scope of the materials whose use warrants punishment for desecrating Shabbat is greater than the scope of the materials whose use warrants punishment for d
And according to the opinion of bar Kappara, who taught the phrase: A significant principle, with regard to tithes as well: The scope of the materials for which one warrants punishment for violating the halakhot of tithes is greater than the scope of the materials for which one warrants punishment f