Commentary for Yoma 140:8

ור' אלעזר בר' שמעון סבר כיון דאתחיל עביד ששה דילמא פשע דלגבי עבודת היום זריז הוא

Wherein are they disputing? - R'Judah holds: He offered one first, as it is written: 'Beside the burnt-offering of the morning', and then he performed the service of the day, because of a [possible] weakness of the high priest. R'Simeon B'Eleazar holds: Since he once started, he performs the service of the six, lest he be negligent [and will not offer them after the service of the day].

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