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Menachos 10b

מנחות י׳ ע״ב

Menachot 10b

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Topic

Which services need the right hand when only כהונה is written, and what job רבא's 'יד יד' derivation has for each opinion

Overview

The גמרא keeps testing the rule that a service needs the right hand when the פסוק mentions a כהן. First it challenges רבי שמעון from זריקה: only כהונה is written there, yet a left-handed זריקה is פסול. אביי answers that רבי שמעון does argue on this, in a ברייתא. Then the גמרא challenges the other side: if כהונה alone teaches 'right hand,' why does רבא need his 'יד יד' comparison for קמיצה? The answer is that כהונה covers the קמיצה and 'יד יד' covers קידוש הקומץ. The גמרא then asks what 'יד יד' is for according to רבי שמעון. He either does not require קידוש הקומץ or allows it with the left hand. He also already learns the right hand for the קמיצה itself from 'כחטאת וכאשם'. The answer is that 'יד יד' teaches that even the קומץ of a מנחת חוטא must be taken with the right hand. Finally the גמרא quotes a new line of the משנה, about a pebble or grain of salt that came up in the handful.

Opening lines

וַהֲרֵי זְרִיקָה

But there is sprinkling of the blood

דְּלָא כְּתִיב בַּיהּ אֶלָּא כְּהוּנָּה,

concerning which only the priesthood is written,

וּתְנַן: זָרַק בִּשְׂמֹאל פָּסוּל,

and we learned: if he sprinkled with the left hand, it is disqualified,

וְלָא פְּלִיג רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן?

and Rabbi Shimon does not disagree?

The steps (9)

  1. ChallengeChallenge from sprinkling the blood
  2. Resolutionאביי: רבי שמעון disagrees in a ברייתא
  3. ChallengeWhy does רבא need 'hand, hand' for the handful?
  4. ResolutionOne for the handful, one for sanctifying it
  5. ChallengeFor רבי שמעון, why is רבא's source needed?
  6. ChallengeThe right hand for the קמיצה itself is already known from another source
  7. ProofHow the חטאת and אשם comparison works
  8. ResolutionThe extra source is needed for the sinner's מנחה
  9. StatementNew משנה quote: a pebble or salt grain in the handful