Commentary for Pesachim 123:4

רבה אמר אינו לוקה אמרינן הואיל ואי מקלעי ליה אורחים חזי ליה השתא נמי חזי ליה ולא לקי רב חסדא אמר לוקה לא אמרינן הואיל

fit for him now too.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he has no guests. He is therefore regarded as having baked for the Festival itself.');">⁷</span> R'Hisda said, He is flagellated': We do not say, 'since'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 46b.');">⁸</span> As for Rabbah, it is well, [and] he is not self contradictory: here [in the case of circumcision], an action is wanting,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., circumcision, before he is fit; hence though he is potentially circumcised, we cannot regard him as actually so.');">⁹</span>

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