ב ועוד אמר רב אשי ת"ש (ויקרא יב, ה) וששת ימים יכול בין רצופין ובין מפוזרין ת"ל ששים מה ששים כולן רצופין אף ששה כולן רצופין מני אלימא רבנן מי אית להו לרבנן מפוזרין האמרי רבנן לולד שני מניא
2 Shall I say with the Rabbis? Surely, according to the Rabbis a disconnected spell of time is an impossibility, for they hold it is the second birth that is of avail. It must therefore be according to R'Judah, and this proves that he upholds his view only if i leads to greater stringency but not if it leads to greater leniency. This is indeed proved. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE FOLLOWING PERSONS BRING AN OFFERING OF HIGHER OR LESSER VALUE:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one which varies according to the pecuniary position of the owners; a rich person offers a lamb or goat, a poor person pigeons or turtle-doves, and a very poor person a meal-offering.');"><sup>4</sup></span> ONE WHO REFUSES TO GIVE EVIDENCE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'one who heard the call (of an oath) .' A person who refuses to give evidence, though called upon to do so by oath, or swearing falsely himself that he does not know the facts; Lev. V, 1.');"><sup>5</sup></span> ONE WHO HAS BROKEN THE WORD OF HIS LIPS [SUPPORTED BY AN OATH],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'utterance of lips'; viz., a promise with reference to his own person, such as to fast, or an assurance of facts of the past, also with reference to his own person, e.g., that he fasted; Lev. V, 4.');"><sup>6</sup></span> ONE WHO WHILE UNCLEAN HAS ENTERED THE SANCTUARY OR HAS PARTAKEN OF HOLY THINGS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. vv. 2-3. The transgression was committed in error. That an offering of higher or lesser value is offered in these three instances is stated in the text, v. 6ff. A rich person offers one lamb, a poor person two doves, a very poor person a meal-offering.');"><sup>7</sup></span>