Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 122:9

ורב חסדא אדרבה לאידך גיסא ת"ל וכל ערל כולה ערלה פסלה מקצתה לא פסלה אבל זריקה אפילו מקצתה נמי פסלה וכי תימא הוא הדין לזריקה דעד דאיכא כולה ערלה לא פסלה ת"ל זאת שחיטה הוא דמקצתה לא פסלה אבל זריקה אפילו מקצתה פסלה

And should you say, the same law applies to sprinkling, viz. , that entire uncircumcision at least does disqualify it:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., where he expressed an intention that the sprinkling should make atonement for uncircumcised only.');">¹⁵</span> therefore 'this' is stated [teaching,] it is only at the slaughtering that entire uncircumcision disqualifies, but [as for] sprinkling, eve entire uncircumcision too does not disqualify it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'This' implies that uncircumcision disqualifies at one of the four services only, which is assumed to be the slaughtering. This interpretation of the Baraitha supports Rabbah's view.');">¹⁶</span> And should you ask, What is the leniency of sprinkling?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What other leniency do you find in sprinkling, that you assume that the limitation of 'this' teaches a further leniency in respect to uncircumcision.');">¹⁷</span>

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