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excluded is water of the Basin, which has a modifier in its name? Rather, since the baraita cannot be referring to the water of the Basin itself, as it is unfit for washing the innards, is it not referring to water that is fit to be water of the Basin? Apparently, the only reason such water could
The Talmud responds: The issue is a dispute between tanna’im, as R' Yoḥanan says: With regard to the water of the Basin, R' Yishmael says: It must be spring water, i.e., flowing water, and the Rabbis say: It may be another type of water.
§ The Mishnah teaches that a priest who is uncircumcised disqualifies sacrificial rites he performs. The Talmud elaborates: From where do we derive this? Rav Ḥisda says: We did not learn this matter from the Torah of Moses, our teacher; rather, we learned it from the words of the prophet Ezekiel, s
And from where do we derive that he desecrates the service after the fact? As it is written: “In that you have brought in strangers, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My Sanctuary, to profane My house” (Ezekiel 44:7).
A baraita states: The verse states “stranger”; one might have thought that this is referring to an actual stranger, i.e., a non-Jew. Therefore, the verse states: “Uncircumcised in heart,” to indicate that it is referring to a priest rather than a non-Jew. If so, what is the meaning when the vers