Commentary for Pesachim 188:13

אמר לו רבי יוסי לפיכך וכו': תניא רבי יוסי הגלילי אומר דרך שומע אני מהלך שנים או שלשה ימים כשהוא אומר (במדבר ט, יג) ובדרך לא היה מגיד שמאסקופת העזרה ולחוץ קרוי דרך:

For it was taught, R'Eliezer said: Distance of place is stated in connection with the Passover, and distance of place is stated in connection with tithe:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XIV, 24 q.v.');">¹⁷</span> just as there [it means] without [the boundaries of] its eating,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The second tithe must be eaten in Jerusalem. Anywhere outside Jerusalem is regarded as a distant place and the law of redemption applies.');">¹⁸</span> so here too it means outside [the place of] its eating.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When Scripture states that if a man is on a journey afar off he is exempt, it means if he is anywhere outside Jerusalem, in the whole of which the Passover-offering was eaten. Hence if he is merely outside the Temple Court but in Jerusalem he is not exempt.');">¹⁹</span> R'Jose son of R'Judah said on R'Eliezer's authority: [It means] outside [the place] where it is sacrificed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' viz., the Temple Court. Thus we have a controversy of Tannaim as to R. Eliezer's view.');">²⁰</span> With whom does the following dictum of R'Isaac son of R'Joseph agree. [viz. :] In respect of those who are unclean, decide by the majority who are standing in the Temple Court.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' when the majority of those in the Temple Court are unclean, the Passover is sacrificed in uncleanness (supra 79a) . But those who are not in the Temple Court are disregarded entirely. as they are on a 'journey afar off'.');">²¹</span> With whom [does it agree]? With R'Jose son of R'Judah, as he stated [the law] on R'Eliezer's authority.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For according to the first Tanna a majority of all in Jerusalem would be required.');">²²</span> SAID R'JOSE TO HIM, THEREFORE etc. It was taught, R'Jose the Galilean said: [BY] 'a journey afar off' I may understand a distance of two or three days: but when it is said, and is not in a journey, it teaches that from the threshold of the Temple Court and without is designated a journey.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since 'afar off' is not mentioned here.');">²³</span> M I S H N A H

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