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Yoma 7a

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Topic

טומאה הותרה בציבור vs. טומאה דחויה בציבור: whether a communal offering may be brought in טומאה even when a pure alternative is available

Overview

This עמוד continues the מחלוקת between רב נחמן, who holds טומאה הותרה בציבור (impurity is fully permitted for public offerings), and רב ששת, who holds טומאה דחויה בציבור (impurity is only pushed aside, so purity is still sought when possible). רב ששת brings a ברייתא showing that an impure מנחת העומר is replaced if another is available. רב נחמן answers that this is only because the עומר has שיריים that must be eaten in purity. The גמרא challenges him with a ברייתא about the מנחה of bulls, rams, and sheep, which seem to be the סוכות offerings. רב נחמן reads them as the פר עבודה זרה (no fixed time), אילו של אהרן (an individual's offering), and the כבש of the עומר (has leftovers). A ברייתא about impure blood sprinkled on purpose is limited to an individual's offering. A ברייתא saying the ציץ brings acceptance even for public offerings is answered in two ways: it means only the individual's offering, or only public offerings without a fixed time. The עמוד ends with a new challenge from the verse about the ציץ, which begins eliminating פיגול and נותר and continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

דְּכֹל טוּמְאַת מֵת בְּצִיבּוּר

For all corpse-impurity in matters of the public

רַחֲמָנָא שַׁרְיַיהּ.

the Merciful One (the Torah) permitted it.

אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת:

Rav Sheshet said:

מְנָא אָמֵינָא לַהּ,

From where do I say it?

The steps (13)

  1. Statementרב נחמן's reason: corpse impurity is permitted for the public
  2. Proofרב ששת brings a ברייתא about the עומר offering
  3. ProofPinpointing the proof: they bring a replacement
  4. Rejectionרב נחמן: purity is preferred only where leftovers are eaten
  5. ChallengeChallenge from the meal-offering of bulls, rams, and sheep
  6. ChallengeThe replacement rule seems to apply to the holiday offerings
  7. Resolutionרב נחמן explains the bulls, rams, and sheep as special cases
  8. ChallengeChallenge from impure blood sprinkled on purpose
  9. ResolutionThat ruling is about an individual's offering
  10. ChallengeWhy would the ציץ be needed for public offerings?
  11. ResolutionThe ציץ is only needed for an individual's offering
  12. ResolutionEven for the public, only offerings without a fixed time
  13. ChallengeWhich sin does the ציץ forgive? Ruling out פיגול and נותר