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Chapter 7, Mishna 5

Why do we cover our eyes with our hand when saying Shema? What does “an eye for an eye” actually mean? if it doesn’t mean literally “an eye for eye,” why is it worded that way in the Torah? What happens when the majority of the Jewish people are tamei, ritually impure, at the time of bringing the Passover offering? What if the priests are impure?