Commentary for Yevamot 148:4

לא ס"ד דתנא דבי ר' ישמעאל בזב בעל שתי ראיות ובמצורע מוסגר הכתוב מדבר דומיא דטמא נפש מה טמא נפש דלאו בר כפרה הוא הני נמי דלאו בני כפרה נינהו

as he who is unclean by the dead<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 4. ');">⁷</span> is not liable to bring an atonement so are these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The zab and leper spoken of in this text. ');">¹¹</span> such as are not liable to bring an atonement.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only a confirmed leper, and a zab who has had three attacks of gonorrhoea are, on recovery and purification, liable to bring sacrifices. Cf. Meg. 8a. ');">¹²</span> Let it be said, then, that this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That sunset alone, though no sacrifice had yet been brought, completes the purification of the unclean as far as the consumption of terumah is concerned. ');">¹³</span>

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