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Yoma 24a

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Topic

Is תרומת הדשן a full עבודה? Its garments, its amount, and whether a זר who performs it gets מיתה (רב vs. לוי).

Overview

This עמוד opens in the middle of a ברייתא about תרומת הדשן, the removal of ashes from the מזבח. רבי דוסא reads ״יִלְבַּשׁ״ as including worn-out garments, and a related ברייתא shows him allowing the כהן גדול's יום הכפורים garments to be reused by a כהן הדיוט. The גמרא suggests that רבי יהודה and רבי דוסא argue over whether תרומת הדשן is a real עבודה. It rejects this: both agree it is an עבודה, and they argue only about whether a פסוק is needed to teach that. Next, רבי אבין asks how much ash must be lifted, and a ברייתא of רבי חייא answers with a גזירה שוה from the מנחה: a handful. Then רב lists four services for which a זר gets מיתה, and לוי adds תרומת הדשן. The גמרא traces both views to במדבר יח:ז. רב excludes removal through ״עבודת מתנה״, while לוי includes it through ״דבר המזבח״. Finally, the גמרא challenges לוי with the rule of כלל ופרט. The answer begins with ״אמר קרא״ and continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַשְּׁחָקִים.

to include worn-out garments.

״וְהִנִּיחָם שָׁם״,

"And he shall leave them there":

מְלַמֵּד שֶׁטְּעוּנִין גְּנִיזָה.

teaches that they require being stored away.

רַבִּי דּוֹסָא אוֹמֵר:

Rabbi Dosa says:

The steps (16)

  1. Statementרבי דוסא: the extra word includes worn-out garments
  2. StatementThe יום הכפורים linen garments must be stored away
  3. Statementרבי דוסא: the garments may be used by a כהן הדיוט
  4. ProofSuggestion: the תנאים argue over whether תרומת הדשן is a full עבודה
  5. RejectionRejection: everyone agrees it is a service; they argue only about the need for a verse
  6. QuestionHow much ash must be lifted?
  7. ResponseA handful, learned from the מנחה
  8. Statementרב: four services carry מיתה for a זר
  9. Statementלוי adds the removal of the ashes
  10. Proofרב's source: a service of giving that is complete
  11. Proofלוי's source: everything of the מזבח
  12. ResponseWhat רב learns from ״לכל דבר המזבח״
  13. Responseלוי learns two things from two words
  14. Responseרב does not learn from the difference between the two words
  15. ChallengeA challenge to Levi from the rule of a general term followed by a specific term
  16. ResolutionThe answer begins: the verse says