Commentary for Shevuot 38:6

ר"ש בן יהודה ורבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון אמרו משום רבי שמעון אינו מביא אלא אשם תלוי אחד שנאמר (ויקרא ה, יח) על שגגתו אשר שגג התורה ריבתה שגגות הרבה ואשם תלוי אחד

since it is a doubtful knowledge?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when entering the Temple after walking along the first path he did not have the knowledge of definite uncleanness (for this path may have been clean) ; and when entering the Temple after walking along the second path, he also did not have the knowledge of definite uncleanness (for he had purified himself from the first path, and the second may be clean) .');">⁷</span> - R'Johanan said: Here they made doubtful knowledge like definite knowledge.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though his knowledge, in the case of each entry, was doubtful, yet, since he had certainly entered the Temple once while definitely unclean, and he had knowledge at the beginning (though of a doubtful nature) , he brings an offering. ckj inua');">⁸</span>

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