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It should teach the opposite, i.e., it should say: They made one who engages in the initial stage of sex like one who completes the act, as it is obvious that one who completes the act is liable.
The tanna said to Rav Sheshet: Should I remove this baraita, as it is apparently corrupted? Rav Sheshet said to him: No; do not remove the baraita, as this is what it is teaching: The rabbis rendered one who completes an atypical act of sex with an espoused female slave, for which he is not liable
Similarly, they rendered one who engages intentionally in atypical sex with a female slave, for which they are both exempt, like one who does so in a typical manner unintentionally, as it is written: “Lies carnally.” And they also rendered one who has sex in an atypical manner with an espoused fem
The Talmud concludes: It has been determined that one who has sex intentionally or engages in the initial stage of sex with an espoused female slave is like one who does so unintentionally with all those with whom sex are forbidden, meaning that he is exempt. Similarly, one who has sex with an espo