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the offering in each case does not include a level of poverty. In both cases the offering is fixed, i.e., a poor person does not have the option of bringing a less expensive offering due to his financial straits. Will you say the same with regard to the metzora, whose offering includes a level of p
In continuation of this discussion, Rava bar Mesharshiyya said to Rava: This tanna initially said, with regard to the obligation of a nazirite to shave with a razor (39b): It is impossible to learn this requirement from the halakha that a metzora must use a razor, as one does not derive a halakha i
Rava said to Rava bar Mesharshiyya: That baraita, which states that one cannot derive the halakha from the case of a metzora, which indicates that it is evident that a metzora must shave with a razor, is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. They derive the halakha of a metzora’s shaving fr
The Talmud asks: What is the reason of the Rabbis; how do they derive from this halakha that a metzora must shave with a razor? As it is taught in a baraita that the verse states with regard to the shaving of a metzora: “He shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard” (Leviticus 14:9). Sinc
And from where do we derive that this shaving of a metzora must be performed with a razor? It is as it is taught in a baraita, with regard to the prohibition against a priest shaving his beard in the verse “Neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards” (Leviticus 21:5): One might have t