Commentary for Zevachim 24:8

אמר שמעון בן עזאי מקובלני מפי שבעים ושנים זקן כו': למה לי למתנא שבעים ושנים זקן דכולהו בחדא שיטתא הוו קיימי:

For had he informed us of the first only, [you might have said that] the reason is that he made himself ineligible [to offer a sacrifice] with his own hands; but in the latter case where he was involuntarily disqualified, he is [merely] as one who fell asleep.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he had to sacrifice. This gap in his intelligent consciousness does not of course permanently disqualify him.');">⁶</span>

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