Me’ilah 15b

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Meilah 15b

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Topic

Which items join together (מצטרפין) to reach a minimum amount: parts of offerings, kinds of תרומה, and נבילות and שקצים

Overview

The משנה lists five parts of an עולה (and six of a תודה, counting its bread) that join together to reach a minimum amount. The גמרא first fixes the wording: it should read 'בעולה', in the burnt offering, not 'בעולם', in the world. It then quotes a ברייתא saying the meat and אימורים of an עולה join for a כזית. It asks why שלמים would be left out for פיגול, נותר and טמא, since a משנה says all פיגולים and all נותרים join. The answer rereads the ברייתא: an עולה's meat and אימורים join to make the כזית needed to throw the blood, and liability follows from that. This follows רבי יהושע, and רב פפא explains that the מנחה he mentions is the מנחת נסכים. A new משנה teaches that all kinds of תרומה, along with חלה and ביכורים, join together because the Torah calls them all תרומה. A third משנה says all נבילות join and all שקצים join, and רב's comment on it continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (21)

1. StatementThe parts of an offering that combine
2. Statementרב הונא's version: five items in the world
3. Challengeרבא objects: the thanks offering has six
4. ResolutionFix the wording to 'in the burnt offering'
5. StatementA ברייתא already teaches this
6. StatementOnly burnt offerings, not peace offerings
7. ChallengeWhy don't peace offerings combine for eating prohibitions?
8. ProofA משנה shows that all פיגול and נותר pieces join together
9. ResolutionReread the ברייתא: the joining is for throwing the blood
10. ResolutionSince they join for the blood, one is liable
11. QuestionWho is the author of this ברייתא?
12. ResponseIt is רבי יהושע: half and half is not enough
13. ResponseIn a burnt offering, half and half join, but the meal offering does not count
14. QuestionWhy is a meal offering mentioned here?
15. ResponseIt means the meal offering brought with the libations
16. StatementNew משנה: kinds of תרומה join together, as do all פיגולים and all נותרים
17. QuestionWhy do these different foods join?
18. ResponseAll of them are called תרומה, starting with חלה
19. Proofביכורים are also called תרומה
20. StatementNew משנה: carcasses join together, and repugnant creatures join together
21. StatementThe גמרא opens with a statement of רב