Commentary for Yevamot 64:10

זר שאכל מליקה ר' חייא אומר חייב שתים בר קפרא אומר אין חייב אלא אחת קפץ רבי חייא ונשבע העבודה כך שמעתי מרבי שתים קפץ בר קפרא ונשבע העבודה כך שמעתי מרבי אחת

while unclean is. R. Hiyya said, guilty of two offences. Bar Kappara said: He is guilty of one offence only. R. Hiyya jumped up and took an oath, 'By the Temple. thus have I heard from Rabbi: two'! Bar Kappara jumped up and took an oath, 'By the Temple, thus have I heard from Rabbi: one'! R. Hiyya began to reason: [Temple service during one's] uncleanness was forbidden to all; and when it was permitted in the Sanctuary,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. previous note. ');">²³</span> it was permitted to priests who had no blemish — Hence it must have been permitted only to priests who had no blemish, but not to those who had. Consequently. both the offence of service being done by one with a blemish and that of service during one's uncleanness are here involved. Bar Kappara began to reason thus: [Temple service during] uncleanness was forbidden to all. When it was permitted at the Sanctuary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. p. 204, n' 7. ');">²⁴</span> was [universally] permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even to a priest afflicted with a blemish. ');">²⁵</span>

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