Commentary for Yoma 134:11

יכול משיצא חוץ לחומת עזרה ת"ל המשלח אי המשלח יכול עד שיגיע לצוק תלמוד לומר והמשלח הא כיצד משיצא חוץ לחומת ירושלים דברי ר' יהודה

does not render his garments unclean. One might have assumed that [he does so] as soon as he goes forth outside from the wall of the Temple court, therefore the text reads: He that letteth go.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 26.');">¹⁸</span> If [you derive from] 'he that letteth go' [one might infer that] only when he reaches Zok, therefore the text reads: 'And he that letteth go'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This argument is not clear. v. Rashi. Tosef. (Yoma III) reads: One might have assumed as soon as he goes forth outside the wall of the Temple court, therefore the text reads: 'For Azazel shall wash his clothes'. If 'for Azazel shall wash his clothes', I might [infer] only when he reaches Zok etc.]');">¹⁹</span>

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