Study Shabbat folio 69A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
“And if you err, and do not perform all these commandments that God spoke to Moses” (Numbers 15:22). The rabbis understood this verse as referring specifically to the laws of idolatry. And it is written: “And the person who acts with a high hand, he blasphemes God and that soul shall be cut off fro
The Talmud asks: However, according to Munbaz, who holds that included in the category of an unwitting sinner is one who at the time of action was aware that it was prohibited; if he were fully aware, in what sense was his action unwitting? The Talmud answers: It is referring to a case where he w
The Talmud asks: And in the opinion of the Rabbis, lack of awareness with regard to what aspects of the prohibition renders the action unwitting? R' Yoḥanan said: It is an unwitting transgression since he was unwitting with regard to the fact that the punishment for his transgression is karet, eve
The Talmud asks: And what does R' Yoḥanan do with that verse cited as proof by R' Shimon ben Lakish? The Talmud answers: He needs it for that which was taught in a baraita: The phrase: “From the common people” (Leviticus 4:27) teaches that only some sinners, not all, bring sacrifices for their unwi
The Talmud cites proof from what we learned in a Mishnah: The number of primary categories of prohibited labors on Shabbat is 40-less-one, which the Mishnah proceeds to list. And we discussed this Mishnah: Why do I need this tally of 40-less-one? Isn’t merely listing the prohibited labors sufficien