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The Mishna stated that an uncircumcised person invalidates a Temple service. The Gemora asks: How do we know this? Rav Chisda says: We did not learn this from the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu but did learn it from the words of Yechezkel ben Buzi. The verse states: Any stranger, one of uncircumcised heart or flesh shall not come to My Temple to serve me. How do we know that they cause the service to be invalid?
This is as the verse says: When you bring strangers, the uncircumcised of heart or flesh to be in My Sanctuary, to desecrate My House.
The braisa states: Any stranger. One might think this is literally referring to a gentile. This is why the verse states: Uncircumcised of the heart (a sinner). Why, then, does it say any stranger?
This is referring to someone whose actions have become strange to his Father in Heaven. We only know this refers to someone with an uncircumcised heart. How do we know this also applies to someone of uncircumcised flesh? The verse states: And one of uncircumcised flesh. Both of these verses are needed.
We explore the status of the uncircumcised and the influence of jewish Christian polemics.