Reference for Taanit 53:2

ומאי חזית דמקשת לקולא אקיש לחומרא אסמכתא נינהו מדרבנן ולקולא:

Why do you choose to make your analogies more lenient [for the priest]? Why not make your analogies more strict [for him]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [By comparing the priest reciting the blessing to a Nazirite in respect of the eating of the shells and to an officiating priest in respect of a blemish.]');">²</span>

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