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Me’ilah 8b

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Meilah 8b

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Topic

How strongly a טבול יום affects קדשים, why benefit stays forbidden after a bird חטאת's blood is sprinkled, and whether squeezing out its blood (מיצוי) is essential.

Overview

The עמוד opens with a ברייתא giving three views on how strongly a טבול יום affects קודש. אבא שאול treats him as a ראשון. רבי מאיר says he makes קודש טמא. חכמים say he only makes it פסול. רבא explains that all three agree on the Torah law, so our משנה fits everyone. The stricter views are a rabbinic מעלה for קדשים, and for חכמים immersion has weakened his טומאה. Next, the גמרא asks why benefit from a bird חטאת is still forbidden after its blood is sprinkled. רבי חנינא answers that the משנה speaks of meat that went out of its area, following רבי עקיבא. Then רב הונא and רב אדא בר אהבה report רב differently on whether squeezing out the blood (מיצוי) is essential. A פסוק is used to challenge רב הונא, and he reads it as 'only if blood is left.' Finally, רב אחא בריה דרבא challenges that reading from the leftover of a מנחה, a point that continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

תְּחִלָּה לַקֹּדֶשׁ.

Is first-degree impure with regard to sacred food.

רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר:

Rabbi Meir says:

מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ,

He renders sacred food impure,

וּפוֹסֵל אֶת הַתְּרוּמָה.

And disqualifies תרומה.

The steps (12)

  1. StatementEnd of אבא שאול's view and the view of רבי מאיר
  2. Statementחכמים say a טבול יום only disqualifies, for both תרומה and קודש
  3. Resolutionרבא: אבא שאול is describing an extra rabbinic stringency for קדשים
  4. Resolutionרבא: for רבי מאיר, the stringency is to treat him like a second-degree food
  5. ConclusionFor חכמים, immersion weakens his impurity, so he disqualifies but does not make impure
  6. ChallengeWhy is benefit still forbidden after the blood is sprinkled?
  7. ResolutionThe משנה is speaking about meat taken out, following רבי עקיבא
  8. Statementרב הונא: squeezing out the blood is not essential
  9. Statementרב אדא בר אהבה: squeezing out the blood is essential
  10. ChallengeThe verse seems to support רב אדא בר אהבה
  11. Resolutionרב הונא reads the verse as 'if blood is left over'
  12. ChallengeDoes 'what is left' of a מנחה also mean 'only if some is left'?