Reference for Pesachim 6:6

הנהו תרי תלמידי דהוו יתבי קמיה דהלל וחד מינייהו רבן יוחנן בן זכאי ואמרי לה קמיה דרבי וחד מינייהו רבי יוחנן חד אמר מפני מה בוצרין בטהרה ואין מוסקין בטהרה וחד אמר מפני מה בוצרין בטהרה ומוסקין בטומאה אמר מובטח אני בזה שמורה הוראה בישראל ולא היה ימים מועטים עד שהורה הוראה בישראל

and found a blemish of unfitness in him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They discovered that his genealogy was impure and that he was unfit to serve in the Temple.');">¹⁰</span> But we learned: one must not investigate from the altar and above?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Once a priest has officiated at the altar the purity of his descent must be assumed, as priests were not allowed to officiate without full investigation in the first place.');">¹¹</span> - Do not say, a blemish of unfitness, but a baseness which made him unfit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They found his own character too vile for officiating on the altar. According to this emendation, the literal translation 'after him' must be retained in the text.');">¹²</span> Alternatively, there it was different, because he impaired his status himself.

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