Kiddushin 36b

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Kiddushin 36b: Finishing the sources for the Temple services in the משנה that only men do (קבלה, הזאה), and starting on the exception of מנחת סוטה and מנחת נזירה, which the women themselves wave.

Overview

The משנה listed Temple services that only male כהנים do, not women, except for the מנחת סוטה and the מנחת נזירה, which the women wave themselves. The גמרא finishes the source for קבלת הדם. Then it asks which הזאה the משנה means. It rules out the פרה אדומה and the inner sprinklings, and settles on the sprinkling of a bird offering, proved by a קל וחומר from a sheep offering. Next it turns to the exception. רבי אלעזר asks רבי יאשיה where we learn that the owner herself waves the מנחת סוטה. The answer is a גזירה שוה of 'יד' from שלמים: the כהן and the owner both wave, with the כהן's hand under the owner's hand. The נזירה is then learned from the סוטה through the word 'כף'. Finally, a new משנה begins: מצוות that depend on the land apply only in ארץ ישראל, and all others apply everywhere.

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The steps (15)

1. ResponseThe source for receiving the blood
2. QuestionWhich sprinkling does the משנה mean?
3. RejectionRuling out the red heifer and the inner sprinklings
4. ResponseIt means sprinkling the blood of a bird offering
5. ProofA קל וחומר from a sheep offering
6. StatementThe exception: the meal offerings of a סוטה and a נזירה
7. Questionרבי אלעזר asks: where does a סוטה's offering need waving?
8. ChallengeBut the verse says it openly
9. ResolutionThe real question: waving by the owner
10. ResponseThe answer: learn 'hand' from 'hand' in the peace-offering
11. ProofBoth cases learn from each other: a priest and the owner
12. ResolutionHow can both wave? The priest's hand goes under the owner's
13. QuestionWe have a source for סוטה; what about a נזירה?
14. Responseנזירה is learned from סוטה through the word 'palm'
15. StatementNew משנה: מצוות tied to the land apply only in ארץ ישראל