Commentary for Yoma 64:4
איכא למפרך מה לבגדי לבן שכן נכנס בהן לפני ולפנים היינו דקתני ואומר בגדי קודש הם ורחץ את בשרו במים ולבשם
The school of R'Ishmael taught: That can be inferred a minori: If the white garments, in which but little atonement is obtained, require an immersion, how much more will the golden garments, in which much atonement is obtained, require it? This argument can be demolished: The case of the white garments is different, because the high priest, dressed in them, enters the Holy of Holies? It is for this reason that he [Rabbi, in his statement] teaches: And it also says: 'They are the holy garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The additional passage adduced by Rabbi intimates that Scripture makes the fact that they are the holy garments the reason for the need of immersion, so that one shall infer that all changes of holy garments on the Day of Atonement require immersion, thus also the golden garments.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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