Yoma 68a

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Topic

How the burned bull and goat of יום כיפור are prepared, when they make the carriers' garments טמא, and where they are burned

Overview

This amud first finishes a גזירה שוה teaching that the burned bull and goat of יום כיפור are cut into pieces (ניתוח) but not skinned (הפשט), like the other פרים הנשרפים. A ברייתא gives the source for those other bulls. They are carried out whole, cut up like an עולה because of the shared words 'head and legs,' and left in their skin. רב פפא explains the reason for the skin: just as the dung stays inside the innards, the flesh stays inside its skin. The גמרא then turns to the משנה's מחלוקת about when the carriers' garments become טמא. A ברייתא reads 'outside the camp' to mean that the garments become טמא as soon as the offerings leave the first camp. Another ברייתא proves that burned bulls are taken outside all three camps, using extra mentions of 'outside the camp.' רבי שמעון uses the phrase instead for רבי אליעזר's גזירה שוה with the פרה אדומה. That link teaches that both are burned outside three camps and east of ירושלים. Finally, the גמרא asks where the רבנן burn them, and begins a ברייתא whose answer continues on the next amud.

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The steps (21)

1. StatementThe יום כיפור bull and goat are cut up but not skinned
2. QuestionHow do we know this about the other burned bulls?
3. ResponseThe bull is carried out whole
4. ProofComparing to the עולה proves it is cut up
5. ChallengeThen it should also be skinned like the עולה
6. ResolutionThe words 'its innards and its dung' block skinning
7. QuestionHow does that phrase teach it?
8. Responseרב פפא: flesh stays in its skin like dung in the innards
9. StatementNew topic: when do the garments become טמא?
10. StatementA ברייתא begins with the פסוק about taking out and burning
11. ChallengeWhy would these bulls leave only one camp?
12. Resolution'Outside the camp' teaches when the garments become טמא
13. QuestionWhere do we learn the three camps for other bulls?
14. ResponseA ברייתא: 'the whole bull' goes outside three camps
15. QuestionMaybe it is only one camp?
16. ProofThe פר העדה adds a second camp
17. ProofThe ash פסוק adds a third camp
18. QuestionWhat does רבי שמעון do with the words 'outside the camp'?
19. Responseרבי שמעון uses it for a link with the פרה אדומה
20. QuestionWhere do the רבנן burn them?
21. ResponseA ברייתא begins to answer: where are they burned?