Musar untuk Keluaran 31:14

Even worse, amongst the pure and upright, are those who when seeing how greatly the yoke of Torah and mitzvot has been cast off by the multitudes, that in many areas, even the most severe matters, forbidden by Torah with the death penalty or the excision of the soul (such as profaning the Sabbath, as written,²Exodus 31:14 “Whosoever profanes it shall surely die,” or forbidden sexual acts, such as having relations with one’s wife when she is still Niddah and has not immersed in a Mikvah, as written in the Torah portion of Acharei Mot),³Leviticus 18 their heart sinks within them and they say to themselves, “How can we possibly hope for the mercies of heaven in a generation such as this, being that the Torah of HaShem-יהו"ה has been abrogated to such a terrible degree?” As a result, they become totally disheartened from even attempting to correct people who could possibly be saved from descending into destruction. I therefore am dutybound to set forth the truth of the matter, before everyone.

Personally, I believe that this idea is alluded to in the words: מחלליה מות יומת, "Those who desecrate it will be put to death" (Exodus 31,14). The Torah legislates (Numbers 28,9) that on the Sabbath day two sheep be offered as an additional public burnt-offering, i.e. שני כבשים The fact that these two sheep are lumped together in one expression [unlike the frequently used expression פרים … שנים. Ed.] requires analysis.