Commentary for Zevachim 187:14

אלא אמר רבא צרעת כיון דמגופיה קא פרחה מחלחלא ליה ומשוי לה רך אמר רבא אי קשיא לי הא קשיא לי

yet the Divine Law states that it must be washed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture does not limit itself but writes, or whatsoever thing of skin it be.');">²¹</span> Rather said Raba: Leprosy,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To which the passage refers.');">²²</span> since it breaks out in the article itself, moistens i and softens it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Any leather garment. - Hence the text refers even to hard leather; our Mishnah refers to soft; while the controversy is in respect of hard.');">²³</span> Raba observed: If I have a difficulty, it is this:

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