Kereisos 7b

כריתות ז׳ ע״ב

Keritot 7b

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Topic

The מגדף's קרבן and כרת; which miscarriages require a יולדת's קרבן; and the night of the eighty-first day

Overview

The amud opens by explaining רבי עקיבא's view that a מגדף who sinned by mistake brings a קרבן, because his כרת is written in the section about the חטאת. רבי עקיבא challenges the רבנן to explain why that כרת is written. They answer that it teaches כרת for the curser of ה׳, and through the words 'חטאו ישא' also for someone who skips פסח שני. Two ברייתות then show the argument over what a מגדף is: one who curses ה׳'s Name, or one who serves עבודה זרה. A new משנה sorts women after a miscarriage into three groups: those who bring a קרבן that is eaten, those who bring one that is not eaten because of a doubt, and those who bring none. The גמרא finds the source for including a שפחה. It then explains how two women can share a קרבן with a condition, and why רבי יוסי allows this for a מחוסר כפרה but not for a חטאת that comes for a sin. Next it gives the sources for רבי שמעון and the רבנן on a יוצא דופן birth. Finally, a new משנה records בית שמאי and בית הלל arguing about a miscarriage on the night of the eighty-first day.

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The steps (33)

1. Resolutionרבי עקיבא: the blasphemer brings an offering because his כרת is written next to the offering
2. Challengeרבי עקיבא challenges the רבנן: why is כרת written there at all?
3. ResolutionThe רבנן answer: the כרת teaches about the curser and about פסח שני
4. Statementאיסי בן יהודה explains the word מגדף
5. Statementרבי אלעזר בן עזריה's picture of the scraped bowl
6. ProofAnother ברייתא states the argument openly
7. StatementNew משנה: three groups of women and their קרבן
8. StatementA miscarriage shaped like an animal: רבי מאיר versus the חכמים
9. StatementMore cases where the woman brings a קרבן that is eaten
10. StatementWomen who bring a קרבן that is not eaten
11. Statementרבי יוסי limits the two-women case
12. StatementWomen who bring no קרבן, and רבי שמעון's view on יוצא דופן
13. QuestionHow do we know a שפחה brings a קרבן?
14. ResponseThe word ״אשה״ includes a convert and a שפחה
15. QuestionWhy does the משנה add 'and likewise a שפחה'?
16. ResponseA יולדת's קרבן is only for women, so the שפחה needed saying
17. QuestionHow do the two women bring one shared קרבן?
18. ResponseOne definite קרבן, one doubtful bird חטאת, and a condition
19. ChallengeBut elsewhere רבי יוסי does not allow a condition for a חטאת
20. Resolutionרבי יוסי agrees in the case of a מחוסר כפרה
21. QuestionWhy does a condition work here but not for a regular חטאת?
22. ResponseA sin-offering needs knowledge, a יולדת's offering does not
23. Proofרבי יוסי's own words limit his rule to a חטאת for a sin
24. QuestionWhy does רבי שמעון obligate a יוצא דופן?
25. Responseריש לקיש: "she bears" includes another kind of birth
26. QuestionWhat is the reason of the רבנן?
27. Responseרבי מני בר פטיש: the birth must come from where she conceived
28. StatementThe new משנה: miscarriage on the night of the eighty-first day
29. Challengeבית הלל argue that the night and the day should be equal
30. Resolutionבית שמאי: only the day is fit for bringing a קרבן
31. Challengeבית הלל's counterexample: day 81 on שבת
32. Resolutionשבת is still a time for public offerings, but night is not
33. RejectionImpurity does not prove a קרבן is owed