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Pesachim 96a

פסחים צ״ו ע״א

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Topic

אימורין of a פסח brought בטומאה, and the differences between פסח מצרים and פסח דורות

Overview

This amud opens by finishing a question about a קרבן פסח brought בטומאה, where the meat may be eaten even by impure people. רבא rules that impure people who eat the אימורין are not liable either, because the אימורין rule is learned from the meat rule. רבי זירא then asks where the אימורין of פסח מצרים were burned. אביי answers that they may simply have been roasted and eaten, since the doorframe was the only 'altar' in מצרים. A new משנה lists how פסח מצרים differed from פסח דורות: it was taken on the tenth, its blood was put on the doorframe with hyssop, and it was eaten in haste. The גמרא learns from the word הזה that taking on the tenth applied only in מצרים. It then tests that method against many פסוקים: eating at night, the ערל, the בן נכר, the תושב and שכיר, household מילה, breaking a bone, and eating raw. Each time, ועבדת את העבודה הזאת carries the rule to all generations, and the limiting word (הזה, בו, ממנו) is given a different job. Eating in haste stays only for מצרים because of the word אותו. The amud ends by asking what 'פסח דורות applies all seven days' refers to, and the discussion continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

מַהוּ? מִדְּאִישְׁתְּרַי טוּמְאַת בָּשָׂר —

What is the law? Since impurity regarding the meat was permitted —

אִישְׁתְּרַי נָמֵי טוּמְאַת אֵימוּרִין,

was impurity regarding the sacrificial portions also permitted?

אוֹ דִילְמָא: מַאי דְּאִישְׁתְּרַי — אִישְׁתְּרַי,

Or perhaps: what was permitted is permitted,

מַאי דְּלָא אִישְׁתְּרַי — לָא אִישְׁתְּרַי.

and what was not permitted is not permitted.

The steps (47)

  1. QuestionDoes permitting impure meat also permit impure sacrificial portions?
  2. Responseרבא shows that the law of the portions comes from the law of the meat
  3. ConclusionWhere the meat has no liability, the portions have none either
  4. QuestionWhere were the portions of פסח מצרים burned?
  5. Responseאביי suggests they may have simply roasted and eaten them
  6. Proofרב יוסף's teaching: the doorframe was the only altar in Egypt
  7. Statementמשנה: differences between פסח מצרים and פסח דורות
  8. QuestionWhat is the source?
  9. ResponseThe word 'this' limits taking on the tenth to Egypt
  10. ChallengeChallenge: then the four-day inspection should also be only for Egypt
  11. Proofבן בג בג: Even the תמיד needs a four-day inspection, learned from פסח
  12. ResolutionThe תמיד is different because it has the word תשמרו
  13. Resolutionפסח דורות also needs inspection, from 'ועבדת את העבודה הזאת'
  14. ResolutionThe word הזה excludes פסח שני from the four-day inspection
  15. ChallengeWould 'this night' mean only פסח מצרים is eaten at night?
  16. Resolution'You shall do this service' extends the night rule to every פסח
  17. QuestionThen why does the verse say 'this' night?
  18. Response'This' is used for the time-limit teachings of רבי אלעזר בן עזריה and רבי עקיבא
  19. ChallengeWould 'from it' mean a ערל may eat a later פסח?
  20. Resolution'You shall do' extends the ban on a ערל to every פסח
  21. QuestionThen why does the verse say 'from it'?
  22. ResponseA ערל is barred only from the פסח, not from מצה and מרור
  23. ChallengeDoes 'from it' limit the ban on a בן נכר to the Egyptian פסח?
  24. Resolutionועבדת extends the ban to all generations
  25. QuestionWhat is the word 'from it' for?
  26. ResponseBeing an apostate bars the פסח but not תרומה
  27. StatementWhy the Torah wrote both ערל and בן נכר
  28. ChallengeDoes 'from it' limit the ban on a תושב and שכיר to Egypt?
  29. ResolutionAgain ועבדת extends the ban
  30. QuestionAgain, what is 'from it' for?
  31. ResponseSame answer: apostasy bars the פסח, not תרומה
  32. ChallengeDoes the circumcision rule apply only in Egypt?
  33. Resolutionועבדת carries the circumcision rule forward
  34. QuestionSo what does בו teach here?
  35. ResponseHousehold circumcision holds back פסח but not תרומה
  36. ChallengeWas breaking a bone forbidden only in Egypt?
  37. Resolutionועבדת carries the bone ban forward
  38. QuestionWhat does בו teach about bones?
  39. ResponseThe bone ban covers only a כשר פסח
  40. ChallengeWas raw meat forbidden only in Egypt?
  41. Resolutionועבדת carries the raw-meat ban forward
  42. QuestionWhat does ממנו teach?
  43. Responseממנו is needed for the teaching of רבה in the name of רבי יצחק
  44. QuestionSource for eating in haste only in Egypt
  45. Responseאותו: only the Egyptian פסח is eaten in haste
  46. QuestionWhat does 'applies all seven days' refer to?
  47. ChallengeIt cannot mean the קרבן פסח itself