Zevachim 113a

זבחים קי״ג ע״א

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Topic

End of the משנה on private במות, and the argument over 'חוץ מגתה' for the פרה אדומה and whether the מבול reached ארץ ישראל

Overview

This amud finishes the משנה's list of Temple rules that do not apply on a private במה, such as needing a כהן or priestly clothes. It then names the rules that apply everywhere: פיגול, נותר and טומאה. The גמרא asks what 'חוץ מגתה' means for the פרה אדומה. ריש לקיש says it means outside the spot checked for graves. רבי יוחנן objects that all of ארץ ישראל counts as checked, so he explains it as slaughtering the פרה inside the walls of ירושלים. The גמרא asks why רבי יוחנן did not use the case of slaughtering outside the wall but not facing the entrance. It answers that he chose the more surprising case. It then shows that their argument depends on whether the מבול reached ארץ ישראל, which each side reads from the same פסוק in יחזקאל. Each side challenges the other, from the courtyards built for the פרה and from רבי יהושע's protest, and a new question begins that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (23)

1. StatementNo placing blood all around, no waving, no bringing near on a private במה
2. StatementNo כהן, priestly clothes, vessels or washing needed on a private במה
3. Statementפיגול, נותר and טומאה apply on both kinds of altar
4. QuestionWhat does 'outside its pit' mean?
5. Responseריש לקיש: outside the place checked for graves
6. Challengeרבי יוחנן: all of ארץ ישראל is already checked
7. Responseרבי יוחנן: the פרה was slaughtered inside the walls of ירושלים
8. ChallengeWhy not explain it as slaughtering outside the wall but not facing the entrance?
9. Proofרב אדא בר אהבה: slaughter must face the entrance
10. Proofרבי יוחנן himself holds this comparison
11. Proofרבי יוחנן also requires the burning to face the entrance
12. Statementרבי אושעיא: burn it where it dies
13. Resolutionרבי יוחנן taught the bigger 'even' case
14. QuestionWhat is the root of the argument about checking the land?
15. ResponseDid the מבול reach ארץ ישראל?
16. StatementBoth sides learn from one verse
17. StatementA question or a plain statement?
18. Challengeריש לקיש challenges from the פרה אדומה courtyards
19. ResolutionAn extra stringency just for the פרה אדומה
20. Challengeרבי יוחנן challenges from רבי יהושע's protest
21. Challengeרבי יוחנן draws his proof from רבי יהושע's words
22. Rejectionריש לקיש answers: the dead existed but were cleared away
23. ChallengeOpening a new question: if the bodies were removed