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הוֹרוּ בֵית דִּין לַעֲקֹר אֶת כָּל הַגּוּף, אָמְרוּ, אֵין נִדָּה בַתּוֹרָה, אֵין שַׁבָּת בַּתּוֹרָה, אֵין עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה בַתּוֹרָה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרִין. הוֹרוּ לְבַטֵּל מִקְצָת וּלְקַיֵּם מִקְצָת, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חַיָּבִין. כֵּיצַד. אָמְרוּ, יֵשׁ נִדָּה בַתּוֹרָה, אֲבָל הַבָּא עַל שׁוֹמֶרֶת יוֹם כְּנֶגֶד יוֹם פָּטוּר. יֵשׁ שַׁבָּת בַּתּוֹרָה, אֲבָל הַמּוֹצִיא מֵרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, פָּטוּר. יֵשׁ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה בַתּוֹרָה, אֲבָל הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶה פָטוּר, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חַיָּבִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ד) וְנֶעְלַם דָּבָר, דָּבָר וְלֹא כָל הַגּוּף:

If beth-din ruled to uproot the entire body [i.e., all of the principles of the mitzvah] — if they said: There is no (institution of) niddah in the Torah, there is no Shabbath in the Torah, there is no idolatry in the Torah, they are exempt (from an offering), [it being written (Leviticus 4:13): "And there be hidden a thing" — Read it: "And there be hidden from a thing," part of the thing and not the whole thing.] If they ruled to nullify part and to fulfill part, they are liable (for an offering). How so? If they said: There is niddah in the Torah, but one who lives with a woman "who guards a day (of taharah [cleanliness] against a day of tumah [uncleanliness]" is not liable (to kareth). [(The Gemara asks: But guarding a day against a day is written in the Torah, viz. (Leviticus 15:22): "Then she shall count for herself," whence we learn that she counts one (day of taharah) against one (day of tumah), and for anything written in the Torah beth-din do not bring an offering! And the Gemara answers: We are speaking of an instance in which they said that zavah (a woman with a flow) obtains only in the daytime; that is, only when she sees blood in the daytime and not when she sees it at night, it being written (Ibid.) "all the days of her flow")]; (if they said:) there is Shabbath in the Torah, but one who carries from a private domain to a public domain is not liable [i.e., if they said: Bringing in and taking out is forbidden, it being written (Exodus 16:29): "Let no man go out of his place," but throwing and reaching out is permitted.)]; there is idolatry in the Torah, but bowing down is not liable, [i.e., if they said that bowing down where there is prostration of hands and feet is forbidden, it being written (Exodus 34:14): "You shall not bow down to another god," but where there is no prostration it is permitted], they are liable (for an offering), it being written (Leviticus 4:13): "And there be hidden a thing" — a thing and not the whole body (of the mitzvah). [In sum: Beth-din is not liable until they rule (permitted) on a thing that the Sadducees do not concede (as being forbidden; but if they ruled (wrongly) on a thing that the Sadducees concede (as being forbidden), they are exempt from a congregational offering. And, as to the many who transgressed by their ruling, each one is liable to bring an offering for his unwittingness. Why so? For this is an instance of "Go and read it in the house of the master," (i.e., you should have known it.)]

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