Commentary for Zevachim 64:8

א"ל מטונך שאני מצורע הואיל והותר לצרעתו הותר לקיריו

it is preferable that an affirmative precept which involves kareth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Passover-offering. He went through his purification rites so that he might eat of the Passover-offering in the evening, the eating of which is enjoined by an affirmative precept.');">⁹</span> should come and override an affirmative precept which does not involve kareth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. that a tebul yom must not enter the Levitical camp. That is derived in Naz. ');">¹⁰</span>

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