「四十减一」这数目何用?拉比约哈难 说:教人一次失察里作全便每样各担一分责。
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我们在密释纳里学过:工作之父的数目是四十减一。
We learned in the mishna that the primary categories of labor number forty-less-one.
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革玛拉 问:这数目我要它作什么用呢?
The Gemara asks: Why do I need this tally?
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拉比约哈难 说:所以点出那数目,是要教我们:他若在一次失察之中(那一段工夫里全不知道所干犯的禁例)把所禁的诸工都作了,便要为每一样各担一分责。
Rabbi Yoḥanan said: The tally was included to teach that if he performed all of the prohibited labors in the course of one lapse of awareness, during which he was unaware of the prohibition involved, he is liable for each and every one.