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The baraita continues by citing a dispute concerning R' Shimon’s opinion. R' Shimon exempts him from the obligation to bring an offering in this particular case. Since he became pure in between, at no point did he have definite knowledge that he was impure. For one to be liable to bring an offering
Before explaining the contradictions between the opinions of R' Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish, the Talmud asks a question about R' Shimon ben Yehuda’s statement: Can it be that R' Shimon holds that one is exempt even in the first case? Since he walked down both paths prior to entering the Temple, he had
The Talmud returns to discuss the contradictions for which it cited this baraita. The Master said: If he walked on the first path and entered the Temple, and then he received the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer on the third and 7th days, and immersed, and subsequently walked on the second
Reish Lakish said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, who does not require knowledge at the outset, before an unwitting transgression, in order to render one liable to bring a sin offering. R' Yoḥanan said: You may even say that i
The Talmud explains the contradiction: It enters your mind to say that R' Yoḥanan meant that here they rendered uncertain knowledge like full knowledge, and the same is true for the entire Torah. Therefore, it is difficult, as there is an apparent contradiction between the statement of R' Yoḥanan