Commentary for Taanit 53:1
אי מה משרת בעל מום לא אף כהן מברך בעל מום לא הא איתקש לנזיר
[If so, why not also argue]: Just as an officiating priest may not be blemished so too may a priest reciting the benediction not be blemished. - Surely he is compared to the Nazirite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And a blemished person may be a Nazirite.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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