Commentary for Yoma 45:15

וכיון דתקינו פייסא ארבע אמות מאי עבידתייהו אלא לעולם דשפיכות דמים קדים ומעיקרא סבור אקראי בעלמא הוא כיון דחזי אפילו ממילא אתו לידי סכנה תקינו רבנן פייסא

[His remark] comes to teach you that the cleanness of their vessels was of greater concern to them even than the shedding of blood. Thus is it also said: Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Kings XXI, 16.');">¹⁶</span> Which event took place first?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bloodshed or the breaking of the leg.');">¹⁷</span>

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