Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 61:2

אמר ליה אביי לרב יוסף ביאה במקצת שמה ביאה או לא א"ל בהונות יוכיחו שהן ביאה במקצת ותניא מצורע טובל ועומד בשער ניקנור איבעיא להו מהו שיעשה סכין ארוכה וישחוט

and toe will prove that, for there but a partial entrance is involved, and it was taugh A leper immerses himself and stands in the Nicanor Gate! - The question was asked: What about making for himself a long knife for slaughtering?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To escape the obligation of an immersion, which is due on entering. With a knife long enough he might slay the sacrificial animal from without.');">⁴</span> This question is asked in accord with the view of both Ben Zoma and the Rabbis who oppose R'Judah. This question is asked on the view of Ben Zoma: Perhaps Ben Zoma does not consider the immersion obligatory except in the case of one who actually enters, but not for one who stands outside; or perhaps even for the latter, because he might gradually enter.

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