One of the disciples of R. Yishmael said: It is written (Exodus 35:3) "You shall not light a fire in all of your dwellings on the Sabbath day." Burning was in the category (of all the forbidden Sabbath labors), and it left that category (for special mention) to teach that just as burning, which is distinct in being one of the judicial death penalties, does not override the Sabbath, so, all the judicial death penalties do not override the Sabbath. But let the burial of a meth-mitzvah override the Sabbath, and it would follow (that it does so), viz.: If the sacrificial service, which overrides the Sabbath, is overridden by the burial of a meth-mitzvah, then the Sabbath, which is overridden by the sacrificial service, how much more so should it be overridden by the burial of a meth-mitzvah.
One of the disciples of R
Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team
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