Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 92:6

א"ר חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן לעולם אינו גר עד שימול ויטבול פשיטא יחיד ורבים הלכה כרבים

R. Hiyya b. Abba stated in the name of R. Johanan: A man can never become a proselyte unless he has been circumcised and has also performed the prescribed ritual ablution.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 47b. ');">¹⁶</span> Is not this obvious? [In a dispute between] an individual and a majority the <i>halachah</i> is, surely, in agreement with the majority!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this view is held (supra 46a) by the Sages who obviously form a majority against the individual or joint opinions of R. Eliezer and R. Joshua. ');">¹⁷</span> — The expression 'Sages' is in fact meant for<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'who are the Sages'? ');">¹⁸</span>

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