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do items that are generally considered interpositions that invalidate an immersion interpose in this immersion, or do they not interpose, since the immersion is only ancillary and serves as a reminder? Rav Yosef said to him: All ordinances that the rabbis instituted, they instituted parallel to Tor
Abaye said to Rav Yosef: Is partial entry, when one enters a certain place with only part of his body, considered entry or not? Rav Yosef said to him: The thumbs of the metzora will prove this point, as the metzora reaching his thumbs into the Temple constitutes partial entry, and it was taught i
The Talmud comments: Raise the dilemma according to ben Zoma, who rules stringently with regard to immersion; and raise the dilemma according to the Rabbis who disagree with R' Yehuda and do not obligate all people in this immersion. The Talmud elaborates: Raise the dilemma according to ben Zoma:
Similarly, raise the dilemma according to the Rabbis, who disagree with R' Yehuda: How so? Do the Rabbis say that there is no requirement of immersion only there, where he is not performing any Temple service; however, here, where he is performing service, no, they would require immersion? Or perh
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: 5 immersions and 10 sanctifications the High Priest immerses and sanctifies his hands and feet, respectively. A baraita states: 5 immersions and 10 sanctifications the High Priest immerses and sanctifies his hands and feet, respectively, on the day of Yom Kippur. And