Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 60:12

א"ל אביי לרב יוסף (לר"י דאמר סרך) טבילה (היא) זו

but of every man. Rabina said: R'Judah makes his statement only on behalf [of the view] of the Rabbis: As far as my view is concerned, no leper needs [another] immersion. But according to your opinion, admit at least that this was said not of lepers alone but of all people. And the Rabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How would they meet R. Judah's argument?');">¹⁴</span> - The leper is accustomed to [his] impurity, all others are unaccustomed to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence he will no more pay attention to the dangers of defilement, whereas all others, unaccustomed to uncleanness and not reconciled to it, will be anxious to avoid such risk.');">¹⁵</span> Shall we say that the Rabbis who dispute with R'Judah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And hold that a leper needs re-immersion on the eighth day.');">¹⁶</span> are of the opinion of Ben Zoma,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who requires no morning immersion even in the case of a leper who is accustomed to uncleanness.');">¹⁷</span> notwithstanding which they make reference to the leper,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although they hold with Ben Zoma that every one entering the Sanctuary is by the law of the Torah obliged to immerse himself.');">¹⁸</span> to inform you of the far-reaching consequences of R'Judah's opinion; or perhaps the difference in the case of the leper lies in the fact that he is accustomed to the uncleanness?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of leprosy, hence is accustomed to touch things unclean, whence the assumption that even after his immersion he may have done so; but other men require no morning immersion Biblically before entering the Sanctuary.');">¹⁹</span> - He answered: It is different with the leper, because he is accustomed to his uncleanness. Said Abaye to R'Joseph:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Text in accord with Maharsha.');">²⁰</span> Would an intervening object

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