Sinning to Merit Another

Sinning for one's own eventual merit: Pesachim 15a, 20b-21a; Menachot 48a-b

Sinning for the merit of another, where both sin and merit come through the same item: Menachot 48a

Sinning for the merit of another, where the merit will be completely separate from the item on which the sin has been committed: Menachot 48a-b

Sinning on Shabbat, so that another might gain merit after Shabbat: Menachot 48a

Would a righteous person prefer to violate a light prohibition in order to prevent an unlearned layperson from violating a more serious prohibition, or not: Eruvin 32b


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