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Me’ilah 6a

מעילה ו׳ ע״א

Meilah 6a

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Topic

Does רבי יהושע's 'time of fitness' mean fitness to eat the meat (היתר אכילה) or fitness to sprinkle the blood (היתר זריקה)? Also, what can an improper זריקה do for מעילה?

Overview

The גמרא is asking what kind of 'fitness' רבי יהושע meant in the משנה. He said that once an offering had a time of fitness for the כהנים, it is no longer subject to מעילה. Did he mean the meat became permitted to eat (היתר אכילה), or only that the blood was ready to be sprinkled (היתר זריקה)? First the גמרא brings a ברייתא of רבי שמעון about נותר, and then a matching one about פיגול. In both, 'before זריקה' there is מעילה and 'after זריקה' there is none. The גמרא tries to prove from these that fitness for sprinkling is not enough. Each time the proof is pushed away: רבי שמעון's words can mean 'before or after it was fit for זריקה'. A third proof, from פיגול of קדשי קדשים, is also turned aside. The גמרא then explains why that ברייתא contrasts קדשי קדשים with קדשים קלים. An improper זריקה, like one done with פיגול intent, can take an offering out of מעילה, but only a proper זריקה can bring something into מעילה.

Opening lines

תָּא שְׁמַע,

Come and hear:

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר:

Rabbi Shimon says:

יֵשׁ נוֹתָר שֶׁמּוֹעֲלִין בּוֹ,

There is notar for which one is liable for misuse,

וְיֵשׁ נוֹתָר שֶׁאֵין מוֹעֲלִין בּוֹ.

and there is notar for which one is not liable for misuse.

The steps (19)

  1. ProofA teaching of רבי שמעון: two kinds of נותר
  2. StatementHow the two kinds of נותר differ
  3. ProofEven when there was time to sprinkle, מעילה remains
  4. ProofSo the משנה means fitness for eating
  5. RejectionNo: the blood was collected too close to sunset
  6. QuestionSo if there was time, would there be no מעילה?
  7. ChallengeThen why did רבי שמעון say 'before זריקה' and not 'before sunset'?
  8. ResolutionHe meant before and after it was fit for זריקה
  9. ProofA new source: רבי שמעון on פיגול and מעילה
  10. ProofThe proof: there was time to sprinkle and still there is מעילה
  11. RejectionRejected: the case is where there was no time to sprinkle
  12. QuestionThen if there was time to sprinkle, is there no מעילה?
  13. ChallengeWhy not say before and after sunset?
  14. ResolutionThat is what he means
  15. ProofA new proof from פיגול
  16. RejectionMaybe the blood was not sprinkled
  17. ChallengeThen why contrast קדשים קלים?
  18. ChallengeThe ברייתא should have said 'before sprinkling' and 'after sprinkling'
  19. ResolutionImproper sprinkling can remove מעילה but cannot create it