Commentary for Yevamot 92:10

אמר מר לפיכך מטבילין גר בשבת פשיטא כיון דא"ר יהודה בחדא סגיא היכא דמל לפנינו מטבילין מאי לפיכך

Seeing that R. Judah stated that one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either circumcision or ablution. ');">²⁷</span> suffices is it not obvious that, if circumcision has been performed in our presence, he is permitted to perform ablution! Why then, 'Hence'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' — Hence etc.'. There is no need, surely, to state the obvious. ');">²⁸</span> — It might have been assumed that in the opinion of R. Judah, ablution forms the principal [part of the initiation],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since circumcision he stated supra does not matter. ');">²⁹</span>

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