Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 44:16

והא כתיב (שמות יב, ד) איש

If they hold, you may not slaughter [the Passover] and sprinkle [its blood] on behalf of one who is unclean through a reptile,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If an individual is unclean through a reptile and has not performed tebillah (q.v. Glos.) , though he can do so and be clean in the evening, nevertheless the Passover may not be slaughtered on his behalf, and he must postpone his sacrifice for the second Passover. There is an opposing view in Pes. 90b. k" r');"="">¹³</span> why may the community not sacrifice in uncleanness: surely [it is a principle that] wherever an individual is relegated [to the second Passover], the community celebrates it in uncleanness? Rather, they hold that you do slaughter and sprinkle on behalf of him who is unclean through a reptile.' Ulla said: Resh Lakish<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The original is and it is not clear what it stands for. Bah. suggests. Resh Galutha, the Head of the Exile.');">¹⁴</span> criticised the southern scholars: Now, whose power is greater, the power of those who make atonement, or the power of those for whom atonement is made? Surely the power of those for whom atonement is made.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the text proceeds to shew: the owner of a sacrifice can send it to the Temple even when he is unclean through a reptile, whereas a priest cannot officiate in like circumstances.');">¹⁵</span> Then if a priest who was unclean through a reptile cannot propitiate [officiate], though where the owners were defiled by a reptile they can send their sacrifices [to the Temple]; is it not logical that a priest who was defiled by a corpse should not be able to propitiate, seeing that if the owners were defiled by a corpse they cannot send their sacrifices?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they will be unfit to partake of it in the evening. - Though sacrifices in general are mentioned, much of the present discussion refers more particularly to the Passover.');">¹⁶</span> - The Elders of the south hold: One who is unclean through a corpse can also send his sacrifices.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g.. he was registered for a particular Passover-offering (this could be sacrificed only on behalf of people specially registered for it) and became unclean through a corpse: if he sent the sacrifice and had it slaughtered, he does not celebrate the second Passover a month later, though he cannot partake of the first.');">¹⁷</span> But it is written, If any man of you. shal unclean [by reason of a dead body]. yet he shall keep the Passover [unto the Lord] in the second month [on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. IX, 10f. Thus he is relegated to the second month.');">¹⁸</span> - That is a recommendation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture orders him to be relegated. Yet if he does have it slaughtered at the first, he has fulfilled his obligation.');">¹⁹</span> But it is written, According to every man's

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