Commentary for Shevuot 33:1

או דלמא בפנים גמירי שהייה לא שנא לקרבן ולא שנא למלקות תיקו

Or, perhaps the tradition is that within [the Temple] tarrying is necessary, no matter whether for sacrifice or for stripes?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When one becomes unclean within the Temple accidentally, the punishment, whether of sacrifice or of stripes, is not inflicted, unless one tarries the period of prostration.');">¹</span> It remains undecided. Raba queried: If he suspended himself in the air in the Temple,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For example, on becoming unclean, he immediately caught hold of a rope in the ceiling, and remained suspended thus for the tarrying period.');">²</span>

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