Commentary for Sanhedrin 36:1

ההורג כהן גדול או כהן גדול שהרג את הנפש אינו יוצא משם לעולם אימא לא ליגלי קמ"ל ואימא הכי נמי אמר קרא (דברים יט, ג) לנוס שמה כל רוצח אפי' כ"ג במשמע:

One who killed the High Priest [unintentionally] or the High Priest who [so] killed a person, may never come forth from his place of exile.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is, if there was no High Priest at the time when he was exiled. V. Mak. 11b. ');">¹</span> Hence I would say that he should not be exiled. He therefore informs us [that he is]. But perhaps it is indeed so?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he should actually be exempt from exile. ');">²</span>

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