Commentary for Zevachim 64:5

אמרו חכמים אע"פ שאין טבול יום אחר נכנס זה נכנס מוטב יבוא עשה שיש בו כרת וידחה עשה שאין בו כרת

so partial entry is designated entry. R'Hoshaia raised an objection to 'Ulla: If a leper whose eighth day fell on the eve of Passover<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When a leper was healed from his leprosy he waited seven days, performing immersion on the seventh, and brought his sacrifices on the eighth (v. Lev. XIV, 9f) . When he brought these he was still not permitted to enter the Temple court ('the camp of the Shechinah' - divine Presence) but stood at the east gate ('the gate of Nicanor') , whose sanctity was lower (it was regarded as 'the Levitical camp') , while the priest, standing inside the Temple court, applied the blood and the oil to the thumb and the great toe of the leper (ibid. 14f) .');">⁴</span>

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