פֿאַרבונדענע פּסוקים אויף דברי הימים ב 7:8

⁹²This paragraph is also in Pesahim 7:6 (34c line 66), following the wording of B. Rebbi Immi in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish. For instructions they considered the settlement of the Land of Israel⁹³The definition of “majority” which would trigger the liability of the Court for a sacrifice for issuing false instruction counts only the Jewish population of the Land of Israel. Since the verse from 1Kings is not quoted here (in contrast to the Babli, 3a), the definition of the Land of Israel is that given in Ševiˋit 6:1, Notes 31–51.. For impurity they considered the majority of those coming to the Temple precinct⁹⁴Babli Pesaḥim 94b. A private sacrifice may be presented in the Temple only by a person ritually pure. But the Passover lamb has the status of a public sacrifice; if most of the public are impure (of a kind which cannot be remedied by simple immersion in water), the sacrifice is slaughtered and eaten in impurity (cf. Nazir 9:2 Note 66.). How? Do they estimate every group or only the first group? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, when they are still outside they estimate themselves⁹⁵Since the Temple courtyard was rather small, the Passover lambs were slaughtered in three groups. Making the count depending on the composition of the groups would lead to the paradoxical situation that a first group might be permitted to slaughter and eat the lamb in impurity while from a second group only the pure members are admitted and have to follow the rules of purity. Also, it is impossible to make the decision depending on “those in the Temple court” since only pure persons could enter the Temple precinct in the absence of a prior finding that most of Israel were impure.. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: For appearance⁹⁶The assembly of all of Israel in a Sabbatical year (Deut. 31:10–13) could proceed in impurity if most of Israel in the domain of Solomon’s empire were impure. they consider from Levo- Ḥamat to the brook of Egypt. Rebbi Tanḥuma in the name of Rebbi Ḥuna: The reason of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi is, at that time Solomon celebrated the holiday, and all of Israel, ⁹⁷1K. 8:65 (misquoted in B.) etc.