Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 27:5

דתניא (במדבר יט, יט) והזה הטהור על הטמא על הטמא טהור ועל הטהור טמא דברי ר' עקיבא וחכמים אומרים אין הדברים הללו אמורין אלא בדברים המקבלים טומאה

AND HAS FIRST PLACE IN TAKING A PORTION.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the flesh of the sacrifice which was distributed among the priests: he could choose any part he preferred.');">¹¹</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Who is the authority [for our Mishnah]? - R'Hisda said: It is not in accord with R'Akiba, for if it were, R'Akiba Surely holds that if some of the sprinkling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the ashes of the red heifer mixed with running water. Num. XIX, 17.');">¹²</span> fell upon a clean person, it rendered him unclean! How could he then officiate at the service?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the seven days of his separation, since he was to be sprinkled each day.');">¹³</span>

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