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Kereisos 26b

כריתות כ״ו ע״ב

Keritot 26b

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Topic

When יום הכפורים and an אשם תלוי do not cancel a חטאת; the doubtful bird חטאת; and rams bought with money set aside for an אשם

Overview

The amud opens by finishing the rejection of a proof from the נשיא, whose קרבן can change. אביי then shows that the extra mentions of 'knowing the sin' teach that someone who finds out after יום הכפורים still brings a חטאת. רבא adds that a פסוק requires the חטאת even after an אשם תלוי. The גמרא explains that the אשם תלוי protects a person from suffering until then. Next, the גמרא discusses a bird חטאת brought out of doubt. It concludes that the משנה's burial rule applies when she learns she did not give birth, and that the burial is מדרבנן. רב and רבי יוחנן then argue over whether the bird may be eaten when she learns after מליקה that she did give birth, and each side has a supporting ברייתא. Finally, a new משנה deals with two rams bought with two סלעים set aside for an אשם. The גמרא asks what 'his מעילה' means and finds the רישא and סיפא seem to use the word differently, a question that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

בְּנָשִׂיא שֶׁעָשׂוּי לְהִשְׁתַּנּוֹת!

with regard to a נשיא, who is liable to change!

אֶלָּא אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, מֵהָכָא:

Rather, Abaye said: from here:

מִכְּדֵי ״מִצְוֹת״ ״מִצְוֹת״ יָלְפִי מֵהֲדָדֵי,

Since 'מצוות' and 'מצוות' are derived from one another,

כֵּיוָן דְּיָלְפִי מֵהֲדָדֵי,

Since they are derived from one another,

The steps (29)

  1. RejectionThe proof from the נשיא is rejected
  2. Proofאביי's new source: the three cases are linked
  3. ProofThe extra 'knowing' verses teach the יום הכפורים case
  4. ChallengeMaybe an אשם תלוי is different from יום הכפורים
  5. ResolutionA verse says the חטאת is brought in any case
  6. QuestionSo what is the אשם תלוי for?
  7. Responseרבי זירא: in case he dies first
  8. Challengeרבא: death itself atones
  9. Resolutionרבא: it protects him from suffering
  10. Statementרב: the doubtful bird חטאת atoned
  11. ChallengeIf it atoned, why bury it?
  12. ResolutionIt was not guarded
  13. ChallengeWhen was it ever unguarded?
  14. ResolutionShe found out she never gave birth, so burial is rabbinic
  15. Resolutionרב's ruling was said about a different case
  16. Statementרב: after pinching, the bird atones and may be eaten
  17. Statementרבי יוחנן: forbidden to eat because of a decree
  18. ProofLevi's baraita supports רב
  19. ProofA baraita supporting רבי יוחנן begins
  20. ProofEnd of the ברייתא: after מליקה the bird is forbidden even for benefit
  21. StatementNew משנה: two rams bought for an אשם with two סלעים
  22. StatementBoth rams bought for ordinary use
  23. StatementOne ram for an אשם and one for ordinary use
  24. QuestionWhat does 'his מעילה' mean in the first case?
  25. ChallengeIt cannot mean the אשם ram, because of the פסוק
  26. ChallengeThe סיפא also shows the חומש goes with the stolen amount
  27. Response'His מעילה' means repaying what he took from הקדש
  28. ChallengeRecalling the רישא and quoting the סיפא
  29. ChallengeThe same word seems to mean two different things