Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 51:16

ת"ש הכניסה לרבקה ודשה כשירה בשביל שתינק ותדוש פסולה

- Because [the references to] the separation of the ashes and the priestly garments are two verses written with the same purpose,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'which come as one .');">¹⁹</span> and the teaching of two such verses does not illumine [other cases].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a general principle of exegesis. When a law is taught in one case it may be extended to other cases too by general analogy. But when it is taught in two cases it cannot be extended; for if it were intended to illumine others too, it would be written in one instance only, and the second, together with all others, would follow from it.');">²⁰</span>

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