Commentary for Pesachim 123:2

ורב חסדא סבר האי ערל נמי כיון דבר חיובא הוא בר כפרה הוא [הואיל] דאי בעי מתקן נפשיה

thus excluding this uncircumcised person, who is not capable of atonement.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he is not fit to have the Paschal offering made acceptable on his behalf; cf. loc. cit. Hence the intention that the sprinkling shall be on his behalf does not disqualify it.');">⁴</span> But R'Hisda holds, This uncircumcised person too, since he is subject to the obligation, he is [also] subject to atonement, since if he wishes he can make himself fit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By circumcision.');">⁵</span> Yet does R'Hisda accept [the argument of] 'since'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., does he accept the view that since a different state of affairs is possible, we take it into account as though it were already in existence?');">⁶</span>

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