Commentary for Bekhorot 86:32

זבלגנין איצטריך ליה לאשמועינן ומהו דתימא משום מראית העין

And even with regard to the rest, you might have thought that their unfitness was 'for appearance sake'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the priest is disqualified to officiate, but that there is no transgression of a positive precept if a priest in this condition performed the service (v. supra) . R. Johanan hence informs us that these cases come under the category of those 'who are not like the seed of Aaron'.');">¹⁶</span>

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