Commentary for Yoma 38:2

הוא פורש ובוכה והן פורשין ובוכין וכו' הוא פורש ובוכה שחשדוהו צדוקי והם פורשין ובוכין דא"ר יהושע בן לוי כל החושד בכשרים לוקה בגופו

HE TURNED ASIDE AND WEPT AND THEY TURNED ASIDE AND WEPT. He turned aside and wept because they suspected him of being a Sadducee,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sadducees held that the high priest should prepare the incense on the fire pan before entering the Holy of Holies so that he would enter it with the pan asmoke. Many priests were suspected of adhering to that sect, hence the necessity of that solemn adjuration that the high priest would make no change.');">⁴</span> and they turned aside and wept, for R'Joshua B'Levi said: Whosoever suspects good folks will suffer [for it] on his own body.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text for this teaching is Ex. IV, I and 6. Moses had 'suspected' Israel of disbelieving the message of the Lord, when he would bring it to them, hence he was smitten with leprosy. But the leprosy there was neither meant as punishment, nor abiding, the verses are used illustratively rather than logically for the present purpose.');">⁵</span>

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