Commentary for Zevachim 65:7

מאי קסבר אי קסבר סמיכת אשם מצורע דאורייתא ותכף לסמיכה שחיטה דאורייתא ליעול ולסמוך להדיא דרחמנא אמר

What does [the Tanna] hold?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he rules that shechitah must always immediately follow laying save in the case of a leper.');">¹²</span> If he holds that the laying [hands on] the guilt-offering of a leper is a Scriptural requirement, and that [the law that] shechitah must immediately follow laying is Scriptural, then let him [the leper] enter [the Temple court] and lay [hands], since the Divine Law ordained it? - Said R'Adda B'Mattenah: It is a preventive measure, lest he prolong his route.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'take many steps' - into the Temple court - more than is necessary for laying hands. This would not be covered by the Scriptural dispensation.');">¹³</span>

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