Related%20passage for Pesachim 67:8

רבי יוחנן אמר פסול טומאה הוי שאם יבא אליהו ויטהרנה שומעין לו רבי שמעון בן לקיש אומר פסול הגוף הוי שאם יבא אליהו ויטהרנה אין שומעין לו

Said they to him, Have you heard anything about this? Thus did R'Shesheth say, he answered, what does 'forbidden' mean? They are forbidden to priests, since they became unfit [for eating] through [his] mental neglect.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not because it is defiled terumah. The priest must always keep the terumah in mind; v. Num. XVIII, 8: behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings - 'charge' implies that');">¹⁵</span> That is correct on the view that mental neglect is an intrinsic disqualification,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., sacred food, even if proved not to have been defiled, becomes unfit thereby, because this neglect is in itself a disqualification.');">¹⁶</span>

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