Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 134:6

וכל צרוע למה לי איידי דכתיב כל זב כתיב נמי כל צרוע

An objection is raised: A ba'al keri is like [a person defiled through] contact with a reptile. Surely that means in respect of their camp? No: [it means] in respect of their uncleanness. [You say] 'In respect of their uncleanness!' [Surely] uncleanness until evening is written in connection with the one, and uncleanness until evening is written in connection with the other? Hence it must surely mean in respect of their camp! - No: after all [it means] in respect of their uncleanness, and he informs us this: that a ba'al keri is like [a person defiled through] the contact of the reptile: just as the contact of a reptile defiles [even] accidentally, so is a ba'al keri defiled [when the semen is discharged] accidentally. An objection is raised:<br>

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