הא נמי פשיטא איצטריך ס"ד אמינא הואיל וכתיב (במדבר לה, כה) וישב בה עד מות הכהן הגדול אימא כל דאית ליה תקנתא בחזרה ליגלי דלית ליה תקנתא בחזרה לא ליגלי דתנן
in all respects.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Sanh. Tosef. IV.
');"><sup>25</sup></span> 'If intentionally, he is executed.' Is this not obvious? — It is necessary to state, 'If unintentionally, he is exiled.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 92, n. 4.
');"><sup>26</sup></span> But is not that, too, evident? It is necessary; for you might have thought that I could argue from the verse, And he shall dwell therein until the death of the High Priest<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXV, 25.
');"><sup>27</sup></span> that only he whose return is provided for,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., by the death of the High Priest.
');"><sup>28</sup></span> is exiled, but one whose return is not provided for, is not exiled. For we learnt:
Jerusalem Talmud Taanit
Explanation. Rebbi Abba bar Zavda, Rebbi Tanḥum bar Ilai, and Rebbi Joshia came to the fast. Rebbi Abba bar Zavda preached: Let us lift our hearts on the palms. Is this possible? May a person take his heart and put it on his hand? So what means “let us lift”? Let us treat our hearts equal to our hands, and then to God in Heaven. So if somebody would hold a crawling animal in his hand, even if he immerses himself in the waters of Siloam or of the ocean, he never can become pure. But if he throws it from his hand he immediately is pure. Rebbi Tanḥum bar Ilai preached: The ministers of Israel and the King submitted and said, the Eternal is just. And when the Eternal saw that they submitted, the Eternal’s word was to Shemaya as oracle. It is not written “their fast” but they submitted, I shall not destroy them. Rebbi Joshia preached: Become improved and improve, let us purify ourselves before we purify others. Since here are people present who calumniate me before Rebbi Joḥanan. But every single one is called to justice. Attending were Rebbi Ḥiyya, Rebbi Issy, and Rebbi Immi. They got up and left.
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