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שני — תשלומין דראשון הוא. אלא למאן דאמר שני רגל בפני עצמו הוא, מאי איכא למימר?
is redress for the first Paschal offering. According to this opinion, it is clear that ritual impurity does not nullify one’s obligation. However, according to the one who said that the second Pesaḥ is a separate pilgrimage Festival, established for those who were unable to sacrifice the Paschal offering at the proper time, what is there to say? In that case, Rav Yirmeya’s answer does not apply, and therefore it remains unclear that R' Yoḥanan holds that one who is not obligated in the Festival offerings on the 1st day is exempt during the remaining days.
אלא אמר רב פפא: קסבר רבי יוחנן לילה אינו מחוסר זמן. ומי אמר רבי יוחנן הכי?
Rather, Rav Pappa said: R' Yoḥanan holds that night is not considered part of a date whose time has not yet arrived. Although one may not sacrifice offerings at night, the date itself has arrived and his period of impurity is complete, which is why any further impurity requires a second set of offerings. Consequently, R' Yoḥanan’s opinion with regard to a lame person does not contradict his ruling concerning a nazirite. The Talmud asks: And did R' Yoḥanan actually say this, that night is not considered part of a date whose time has not yet arrived?
והאמר רבי יוחנן: ראה אחת בלילה ושתים ביום — מביא.
But didn’t R' Yoḥanan say: A zav at the end of his 7-day purification process who saw that he experienced one emission at night and then two in the day brings additional offerings for the second impurity? Had he experienced the emissions before he became ritually pure, he would have been required to bring only one set of offerings. However, once his purification is complete he must bring a separate set. In this case, the first emission occurred before he was able to sacrifice the offerings for his initial period of impurity. Nevertheless, as the two subsequent sightings occurred during the day, and they alone would suffice to confer upon him the status of a zav, they combine with the one from the previous night and he is required to bring new offerings.