Chullin 22a

חולין כ״ב ע״א

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Topic

How the bird עולה is pinched and where each of its rules comes from; then the right ages for תורין and בני יונה

Overview

This עמוד finishes a ברייתא about מליקה, the way a כהן kills a bird קרבן by pinching its neck. רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון compares the bird עולה to the bird חטאת: the blood is sprinkled while the head is still attached. The word ״וְהִקְרִיבוֹ״ shows that the עולה still needs two סימנים cut, not one. The גמרא then explains why the תנא קמא also needs ״וְהִקְרִיבוֹ״, even though he learns his rule from ״וּמָלַק וְהִקְטִיר״. Next it looks at the rules the תנא קמא learns from the חטאת בהמה. The חולין rule comes from ״אֲשֶׁר לוֹ״. The daytime rule was only listed in passing. The right hand is needed here because the word כהונה alone is not enough. The other תנאים learn the back-of-the-neck rule by comparing the word מליקה in both cases. Then a new משנה teaches that grown תורין and young בני יונה are fit, and the in-between age is unfit for both. Finally, a ברייתא starts to show why the פסוק is needed to rule out young doves. That discussion continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (19)

1. StatementThe bird burnt offering is compared to the bird sin offering
2. QuestionWhat does "holds the head and the body" mean?
3. ResponseIt means the head is still attached to the body
4. ChallengeShould the burnt offering need only one סימן, like the sin offering?
5. ResolutionThe word "and he shall bring it" shows the burnt offering is different
6. ChallengeWhat does the first opinion do with "and he shall bring it"?
7. ResolutionWithout this word we would misread 'according to the rule'
8. ConclusionNow the pinch-and-burn phrase can teach this too
9. QuestionWhere do we learn that an animal sin offering comes only from unconsecrated property?
10. ResponseHis own bull: not communal, not tithe money
11. ChallengeDaytime already has its own source
12. ResolutionDaytime was listed just in passing
13. ChallengeThe right hand already has its own source
14. ResolutionThe word כהונה alone is not enough
15. QuestionWhere do the others learn the back-of-the-neck rule?
16. ResponseThey learn pinching from pinching
17. StatementThe age that is fit for one kind of bird is unfit for the other
18. StatementA ברייתא spells out the ages: grown doves, young pigeons
19. StatementA ברייתא starts to show that only grown doves are fit