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טהרה מדחיא, טומאה לא מדחיא. ומר סבר — אפילו טומאה נמי מדחיא.
A Paschal lamb offered in a state of purity defers those who are unable to bring the offering to the second Pesaḥ, but a Paschal lamb brought in a state of impurity does not defer those who are unable to bring the offering to the second Pesaḥ. And this Master, Rav Adda bar Ahava, who said there is redress, holds that even a Paschal lamb offered in a state of ritual impurity defers those who are unable to bring the offering to the second Pesaḥ.
איתמר: היו שלישיתן זבין, ושלישיתן טהורין, ושלישיתן טמאי מתים — אמר רבי מני בר פטיש: אותן טמאי מתים אינן עושין לא את הראשון ולא השני.
It was stated that the rabbis discussed the following matter: If 1/3rd of the members of the community were zavim, and 1/3rd of them were ritually pure, and 1/3rd of them were ritually impure with impurity imparted by a corpse, what is the halakha? R' Manni bar Pattish said: Those who were ritually impure with impurity imparted by a corpse do not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb on the first Pesaḥ or the second Pesaḥ.
בראשון לא עבדי: הגדילו זבין על הטהורים, דלא עבדי בטומאה, הוה ליה טמאי מתים מיעוטא — ומיעוטא לא עבדי בראשון. בשני לא עבדי: נצרפו זבין עם טמאי מתים, דלא עבדי בראשון, הוו להו רובא — ורובא לא מדחו לפסח שני.
On the first Pesaḥ, they do not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb because the zavim increased the number of the ritually pure, as zavim may not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb in a state of impurity. Therefore, the ritually impure with impurity imparted by a corpse are the minority, and a minority may not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb in a state of ritual impurity on the first Pesaḥ. On the second Pesaḥ, they may not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb for a different reason: The zavim are joined with those who were ritually impure with impurity imparted by a corpse, who did not perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb on the first Pesaḥ. Consequently, they are the majority, and the offering of the majority is not deferred to the second Pesaḥ.