Commentary for Yevamot 9:8

אלא אתיא מראשו דהך תנא דתניא ראשו מה ת"ל לפי שנאמר (במדבר ו, ה) תער לא יעבור על ראשו שומע אני אף מצורע ונזיר כן ת"ל ראשו

But this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text, 'his beard'. ');">²⁰</span> is still required [for its own context]! For since it might have been assumed that as priests are different from [other people]. Scripture having imposed upon them additional commandments, and so even a prohibition which does not apply to everybody is not superseded in their case; [therefore] it was necessary to teach us that it does supersede.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, then, can the same text which is required for the purpose mentioned also be used for a general deduction. ');">²¹</span> — In truth the inference comes from 'his head' [in the manner deduced by] the following<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., '(manner) of that'. ');">²²</span>

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