Menachos 83a

מנחות פ״ג ע״א

Menachot 83a

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Topic

Laws learned word by word from ״זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה לָעֹלָה לַמִּנְחָה...״ in two versions, including רבי עקיבא's

Overview

The גמרא is explaining the פסוק in ויקרא 7:37, which lists several קרבנות together, so that a law of one spreads to all of them. First it finishes a question: why learn from ״מנחה״ that the קרבנות are eaten only by male כהנים? That law is already written for חטאת and אשם, and for זבחי שלמי ציבור it comes from another פסוק. The answer is that two תנאים learn the law from different פסוקים. One תנא then goes word by word through the list. From ״חטאת״ he learns בליעה, from ״אשם״ that a שפיר and שליא are not holy, from ״מלואים״ that leftovers are burned but not live animals, and from ״שלמים״ the rules of פיגול. A ברייתא in the name of רבי עקיבא learns בליעה from ״מנחה״, and the גמרא explains why the תורה wrote that rule for both מנחה and חטאת. From ״חטאת״ רבי עקיבא learns that every קרבן comes from חולין, which רב חסדא bases on ״אשר לו״. The daytime and right-hand rules turn out to have their own sources and were listed only along with it. From ״אשם״ he learns that the bones are permitted. The amud ends as the גמרא begins to ask what רבי עקיבא learns from ״וזבחת פסח״, and that question continues on the next amud.

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The steps (19)

1. ChallengeSin and guilt offerings already have this law written openly
2. ChallengeCommunal peace offerings already learn this from another verse
3. ResolutionDifferent תנאים learn it from different verses
4. StatementFrom the word ״חטאת״: every offering makes things holy through absorption
5. StatementThe guilt offering teaches that a fetal sac and placenta are not holy
6. StatementWhat this teacher must hold for the guilt offering lesson to work
7. StatementThe inauguration offering teaches that leftovers are burned, but not live animals
8. StatementThe peace offering teaches the rules of piggul for all offerings
9. Statementרבי עקיבא learns holiness through absorbing from the word meal offering
10. ResolutionWhy the absorption rule is written for both חטאת and מנחה
11. StatementWhat we learn from ״חטאת״: חולין, daytime, and the right hand
12. QuestionWhere do we learn the חולין rule for a חטאת itself?
13. Responseרב חסדא: ״אשר לו״ means from his own, not from מעשר
14. ChallengeBut the daytime rule already comes from ״ביום צותו״
15. ResolutionThe ברייתא mentioned the daytime rule only along with the others
16. ChallengeWhy learn the right-hand rule from חטאת?
17. ResolutionThe ברייתא just mentioned it along with the others
18. StatementFrom אשם: the bones are permitted
19. QuestionWhat does רבי עקיבא do with ״וזבחת פסח״?