Jewish%20thought for Pesachim 188:12

כמאן אזלא הא דאמר רבי יצחק בר רב יוסף בטמאים הלך אחר רוב העומדין בעזרה כמאן כרבי יוסי בר רבי יהודה שאמר משום רבי אליעזר:

but it surely was taught: An uncircumcised Jew who did not circumcise himself is punished by kareth: this is the opinion of R'Eliezer? - Said Abaye: 'A journey afar off' [is stated] in respect of a clean person, but 'a journey afar off is not [stated] in respect of an unclean person.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra 93b. Similarly, a man must make himself fit for the Passover, and otherwise he incurs kareth. But it is not his duty to bring himself within the area of obligation. Tosaf. points out an obvious difficulty: if he is uncircumcised or unclean and standing without the Temple court, as he must be in that case, he must make himself fit and keep the Passover on penalty of kareth; whereas if he is already circumcised or clean and standing without he is exempt! Tosaf explains it with the principle laid down by R. Zera, v. Yeb. 104b.');">¹⁶</span> Raba said: It is [a controversy of] Tannaim.

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