Halakhah for Eruvin 101:12

אלפים אמה עגולות: ורבי חנינא בן אנטיגנוס מה נפשך אי אית ליה ג"ש פיאות כתיבן אי לית ליה גזירה שוה אלפים אמה מנא ליה

Did not the School of R'Ishmael in fact teach: [With reference to the expressions,] The priest shall return<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 39.');">³¹</span> and The priest shall come,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 44.');">³²</span> 'returning' and 'coming' mean the same thing?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For purposes of inference, v. Hor., Sonc. ed., p. 57, n. 11. Now if a comparison may be drawn between expressions that resemble each other in their general significance alone, why should not a comparison also be drawn between expressions that differ from each other so slightly as .uj vmuj those of and ?');">³³</span> - Such a comparison<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between a word the meaning of which is to be deduced and one from which deduction is made.');">³⁴</span>

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