Temurah 26a

תמורה כ״ו ע״א

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Topic

Two holinesses on one animal: רבי מאיר's תפוס לשון ראשון versus רבי יוסי, and קדושה דחויה for the animal and its תמורה

Overview

Our משנה records a dispute about a person who says over one animal, "the תמורה of an עולה, the תמורה of a שלמים." רבי מאיר says only the first holiness takes hold. רבי יוסי says both take hold if he meant both from the start. רבי יוחנן narrows the dispute. Everyone agrees about "this, and afterward this" (only the first counts) and about "this only if that" (both count); the argument is only about the in-between wording of our משנה. The גמרא then brings ברייתות about an animal declared half one offering and half another. These show that רבי מאיר's rule is truly תפוס לשון ראשון, which is why the order of עולה and חטאת matters to him. Another ברייתא, following רבי יוסי, teaches that a half-עולה, half-שלמים animal is holy but not offered, and its תמורה is not offered either, because it comes from קדושה דחויה. Finally רבי יוחנן brings a partners' animal consecrated one half at a time, which is holy but never offered; his ruling continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (20)

1. StatementAgreed case one: one holiness after the other
2. StatementAgreed case two: one holiness depends on the other
3. StatementWhere they argue, and רבי מאיר's reasoning
4. Resolutionרבי יוסי explains why the person repeated the word
5. StatementA ברייתא on an animal that is half substitute for an עולה and half for a שלמים
6. Statementרבי יוסי: if he meant both from the start, his words stand
7. ChallengeIsn't רבי יוסי saying the same thing as חכמים?
8. Resolutionרבי יוסי is the one teaching the whole view of חכמים
9. StatementA second ברייתא: half עולה and half חטאת
10. Statementרבי יוסי: the animal must die
11. StatementBoth agree: if חטאת is said first, the animal must die
12. QuestionWho is agreeing to whom?
13. ChallengeIsn't that obvious?
14. ResolutionShowing that רבי מאיר's reason is "go by the first words"
15. StatementAn animal declared half עולה and half שלמים
16. QuestionWhose opinion is this ברייתא?
17. ChallengeIsn't that obvious?
18. ResolutionThe new point is about the תמורה
19. ConclusionWhy the תמורה is not offered: קדושה דחויה
20. Statementרבי יוחנן: a partners' animal consecrated half at a time