Commentary for Yoma 142:12

אלא דנין מאבנט ודנין בגד ודבר שלא נאמר בו זהב מבגד ודבר שלא נאמר בו זהב ואין דנין דבר שאין בו זהב מדבר שיש בו זהב

They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIV, 18, whilst in the Pentateuch these tires are prescribed to be of shesh which proves shesh to be flax.');">¹⁴</span> Said R'Ashi to him: But whence did they know that before Ezekiel came? - But, according to your argument, what of R'Hisda's statement: This matter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That an uncircumcised priest (no matter whether uncircumcised because of disobedience to the Torah, which would render him also uncircumcised in heart, whose actions 'alienate' him from the Lord, or because his brethren had died as the result of circumcision, which circumstances would free him from the obligation of the circumcised) may not enter the Sanctuary.');">¹⁵</span>

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