Reference for Yoma 4:12

רב אשי אמר מי איכא מידי דעיקר רגל לא בעי פרישה טפל דידיה בעי פרישה ואפילו למאן דאמר שמיני רגל בפני עצמו הוא הני מילי לענין

from a day unpreceded by such. But [even if the inference by analogy be unjustified] is there no legitimate conclusion a minori ad majus, viz. , if a day unpreceded by another [festival] sanctity requires [for the officiating priest] a seven day removal [from his family], how much more should a day preceded by another [festival] sanctity require it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shemini 'Azereth, which is preceded by the seven days of Sukkoth.');">³³</span> - R'Mesharsheya answered: Scripture expressly states this day,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VIII, 34.');">³⁴</span> that means on a day like this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Confirming the earlier differentiation.');">³⁵</span> R'Ashi said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Countering the suggestion that the reference is to Shemini 'Azereth.');">³⁶</span> Could there be any festival the major<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sukkoth has seven days preceding the one day of 'Azereth.');">³⁷</span> part of which would require no removal [of the priest], while its attachment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shemini 'Azereth.');">³⁸</span> would require it. And even according to the one who holds that the eighth day is [not a mere attachment to Sukkoth, but] an independent festival day, that applies only to

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