Zevachim 13b

זבחים י״ג ע״ב

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Topic

Which acts and which intentions can make a קרבן פיגול, including pouring the leftover blood and dipping the finger in an inner חטאת.

Overview

The גמרא first finishes a question about intentions made while collecting the blood. Planning to collect the blood tomorrow is not פיגול, but planning to pour the leftover blood tomorrow is. A ברייתא then shows that the altar's 'eating' counts for פיגול too. The answer is that it depends on which act the כהן is doing at the time: sprinkling the blood counts, but pouring the leftovers does not. Next, רבי יהודה בריה דרבי חייא and רבי יהושע בן לוי report that dipping the finger in the blood of an inner חטאת can make it פיגול. רב פדא and ריש לקיש object that פיגול is learned only from שלמים, which have no finger-dipping. After a long back-and-forth, the גמרא arrives at a general principle: whatever makes a קרבן פסול blocks פיגול, and whatever is required for it can create פיגול. רב מרי tries to prove this from a משנה about the מנחה, but the proof is pushed away. Finally, two ברייתות that disagree about dipping are explained as following the רבנן and רבי שמעון, and the גמרא begins to question that answer on the next amud.

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The steps (22)

1. ResolutionTwo different intentions about collecting the blood
2. ChallengeA Sage questions רבא about pouring and burning
3. ProofA ברייתא counts the altar's 'eating' too
4. ResolutionIt depends on which act he is doing
5. StatementDipping the finger can make an inner חטאת into פיגול
6. Challengeרב פדא objects: פיגול is learned only from שלמים
7. RejectionNot every rule of פיגול comes from שלמים
8. ResolutionBoth rules come from extra words in the פסוקים
9. StatementA second report that dipping the finger makes פיגול
10. Challengeריש לקיש: פיגול is learned from שלמים
11. RejectionNot everything can be learned from שלמים
12. ResolutionYes, even that rule comes from שלמים
13. Rejectionרבי ירמיה: the comparison breaks down
14. ResolutionThe rule from שלמים is a general principle, not a case-by-case match
15. Proofרב מרי brings a משנה about the מנחה as support
16. QuestionWhich שלמים step matches placing the handful in a vessel?
17. RejectionPlacing the handful does not seem to match receiving the blood
18. ResponseA necessary step counts even without a match, so dipping counts as carrying
19. RejectionPlacing in a vessel really does match receiving the blood
20. QuestionTwo ברייתות seem to disagree about dipping the finger
21. RejectionThe two ברייתות follow the רבנן and רבי שמעון
22. ChallengeWhy would רבי שמעון single out dipping the finger?