Commentary for Menachot 31:15

וכי תימא ה"נ בשתי דעות הניחא למאן דאמר בפר ואפי' בדמו של פר אלא למ"ד בפר ולא בדמו של פר מאי איכא למימר

Should you, however, reply that there too there were two minds,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the sprinklings were performed by two High Priests, the High Priest who performed the first sprinklings having died immediately thereafter or The Master stated: 'R. Meir says, It is piggul and the penalty having become unclean; in which case the sprinklings in silence by the second High Priest can have no reference to or bearing upon the resolve of the former High Priest.');">²²</span> I grant you that this is satisfactory according to him who holds that the expression 'with a bullock'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 3.');">²³</span>

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