Commentary for Zevachim 34:3
לא דכולי עלמא כזב דמי והכא בהא קמיפלגי דכתיב (במדבר יט, יט) והזה הטהור מכלל שהוא טמא לימד על טבול יום שכשר בפרה
- No. All agree that he is as a zab, but here they disagree in the following: For it is written, And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 19.');"><sup>6</sup></span> whence it follows that he is unclean, thus teaching that a tebul yom is fit [to officiate] at the [red] heifer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'The clean person' is superfluous, as the preceding verse states 'and a clean person shall take hyssop' etc. The repetition is understood to indicate that even if his cleanness is not absolute, but relative only, he is fit, and we do find in Lev. XIV, 8 that a tebul yom is designated 'clean': And he shall bath himself in water and be clean.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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