Zevachim 105b

זבחים ק״ה ע״ב

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Topic

The impurity of נבלת עוף טהור according to רבי מאיר, counting ראשון and שני, and the three camps for the burned bulls and goats

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a point from the previous page: according to רבי מאיר, a כזית of נבלת עוף טהור is enough to make food impure. Not yet having reached the throat does not count as a missing action. A משנה in טהרות that requires a כביצה is brought as a challenge. The גמרא answers that this rule follows the רבנן, even though the first and last parts of that משנה follow רבי מאיר. Next, רבי זירא gives one rule for counting levels of impurity: we count ראשון and שני only from something that can make a person impure. This rule settles two questions, one about נבלת עוף טהור and one about foods joined by liquid. The גמרא then returns to the משנה about the burned bulls and goats. A ברייתא shows that the carriers' clothes become impure once the offering leaves one camp, while the burning itself happens outside three camps, which it proves from extra words in the verses. Finally, the גמרא explains that רבי שמעון uses 'outside the camp' for רבי אליעזר's גזירה שוה linking these offerings to the פרה אדומה. That comparison continues on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. StatementNot yet reaching the throat does not count as a missing action
2. ChallengeA משנה says an egg-size is needed
3. ResolutionThe משנה follows the רבנן
4. ChallengeThe first part of the משנה matches רבי מאיר
5. ResolutionEach part of the משנה can follow its own view
6. ChallengeThe last part of the משנה is also רבי מאיר
7. ResolutionYes, the middle part alone follows the רבנן
8. QuestionDoes a נבלת עוף טהור count levels of impurity for רבי מאיר?
9. ResponseOnly something that makes a person impure starts the count
10. QuestionFoods joined by liquid: do we count first and second?
11. ResponseSame rule: no impurity to a person means no count
12. QuestionAsking for the source of the rule that the carriers' clothes become impure
13. ResponseClothes become impure once the offering leaves just one camp
14. QuestionHow do we know about three camps in the first place?
15. StatementThe ברייתא states the three-camp rule and asks whether it might be only one
16. ProofExtra words about the community bull add a second camp
17. ProofExtra words about the ashes add a third camp
18. QuestionWhat does רבי שמעון do with 'outside the camp'?
19. ResponseA גזירה שוה teaches three camps
20. StatementSecond comparison begins: east of ירושלים