Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 5:11

רב פפא אמר תשע שנאמר (דברים כג, יא) כי יהיה בך איש אשר לא יהיה טהור מקרה לילה רבינא אמר עשר וי"ו דטהור רב אחא בר יעקב אמר שש עשרה שנאמר (שמואל א כ, כו) כי אמר מקרה הוא בלתי טהור הוא כי לא טהור

and of the beasts that are not clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. VII, 2; a single word, 'unclean', would save eight letters in the Hebrew text.');">²¹</span> R'Papa said: Nine, for it is said, If there b among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth by night.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 11. Here too a single word 'unclean' would save nine letters in the Hebrew text. rivy');">²²</span> Rabina said: Ten, [including] the waw of tahor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tahor () is written plene, i.e.,with a waw, and that makes a difference of ten letters.');">²³</span> R'Aha B'Jacob said: Sixteen, for it is said, for he thought, Something hath befallen him he is not clean; surely he is not clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XX, 26.');">²⁴</span>

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