Commentary for Kiddushin 110:1

תהי בה ר' יוחנן וכי אומרים לו לאדם עמוד וחטא בשביל שתזכה אלא א"ר יוחנן ממתין לה עד שתומם ומייתי שתי בהמות ומתנה

Now, R'Johanan was astonished thereat:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At R. Oshaia's explanation, supra a, top.');">¹</span> is then a man bidden, 'Arise and sin, that you may achieve merit!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For even if deliberate conversion is effective in respect of intrinsic sanctity, it is nevertheless forbidden; Men. 101a.');">²</span> But, said R'Johanan, we wait until it is blemished;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When it loses its intrinsic sanctity - i.e., it may no longer be sacrificed, and as such must be redeemed, whereby it becomes hullin.');">³</span>

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