Shabbat 93A

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In contrast, if two people held a round cake of figs, which is too heavy for one person to carry, and they carried it out to the public domain, or if they held a beam and carried it out to the public domain, R' Yehuda says: If one person is incapable of carrying it out alone, and two people carrie

The Talmud asks: With regard to what do they disagree? The Talmud answers: They disagree over the interpretation of this verse: “And if one person among the common people sins unwittingly by performing it, any one of God’s commandments not to be done, and be guilty” (Leviticus 4:27). R' Shimon hol

And R' Yehuda holds: One of the terms comes to exclude a case where this person lifts an object, and that person places it, as he agrees that they are exempt in this case. And one of the terms comes to exclude a case where this person is capable of performing the action alone, and that person is als

The Talmud asks: And how does R' Meir, who deems them liable in a case where each was capable of performing the act alone, interpret the third exclusionary term? The Talmud answers: Is it written in the verse: A person who sins, one who sins, and by performing it he sins? There are not 3 exclusio

We learned earlier that the Master said: In a case where this person is capable, and this person is incapable, and they performed it together, everyone agrees that he is liable. The Talmud seeks to clarify: Which of them is liable? Rav Ḥisda said: The one who is capable of performing the act alo