Commentary for Arakhin 5:17
(ויקרא טו, לג) והזב את זובו לזכר ולנקבה לזכר כל שהוא זכר בין קטן בין גדול לנקבה כל שהיא נקבה בין קטנה בין גדולה
- It is meant to exclude a minor from the penalty of excision.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This passage refers to an unclean person entering the Sanctuary, the penalty for which offence is excision (by the hand of God) . The word 'man' in the passage indicates that whereas any 'soul' (even a minor) can defile, only a man, i.e., an adult, incurs the penalty of death when in his unclean state he enters the Sanctuary.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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