Zevachim 28a

זבחים כ״ח ע״א

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Topic

Intent about the skin of the tail and whether it makes a קרבן פיגול, plus the Torah source for why intent outside the time brings כרת but intent outside the place does not.

Overview

The גמרא asks how intent to eat the skin of the tail late can make a קרבן פיגול, since the tail is burned on the מזבח, not eaten. שמואל answers that our משנה follows רבי אליעזר, who counts switched intent, even though the next משנה follows the חכמים. רב הונא instead says the skin is not like the tail, so it is eaten. רב חסדא says the skin is like the tail, but the משנה is talking about a young goat's tail, which is eaten. The גמרא explains why each אמורא did not take the others' approach. It then brings a ברייתא about an עולה that seems to fit רב הונא and challenge רב חסדא, and רב חסדא gives two answers. Next the גמרא asks for the source that intent outside the place only disqualifies, while intent outside the time is פיגול with כרת. רבה reads one פסוק, but his reading gets stuck, so אביי begins a new approach from two separate פסוקים, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (26)

1. ResolutionThe skin under the tail counts like the tail
2. ChallengeBut that intent moves the tail from the altar to a person
3. Resolutionשמואל: The משנה follows רבי אליעזר
4. ProofThe source for רבי אליעזר's view
5. ChallengeBut the next משנה sounds like it is not רבי אליעזר
6. ChallengeThe next rule matches the חכמים, so the משנה would be split
7. Resolutionשמואל accepts the split משנה
8. Resolutionרב הונא: the skin is not counted as the tail
9. Proofרבא gives the פסוק behind רב הונא
10. Resolutionרב חסדא: the משנה is talking about a young goat's tail
11. ConclusionWhy each אמורא rejected the other approaches
12. ChallengeWhy not explain the משנה like רב חסדא?
13. Resolutionרב חסדא: the lesson was needed for קדשים
14. ChallengeA ברייתא about intending to burn the skin under the tail
15. ChallengeThe ברייתא's second opinion: all skins that count like meat
16. ChallengeWhy does the ברייתא mention only a burnt offering?
17. Resolutionרב חסדא's two answers: a kid's tail, or change the wording
18. QuestionWhere do we learn the place-versus-time difference?
19. Responseשמואל: two verses are written
20. QuestionWhich verses does שמואל mean?
21. Responseרבה: 'third' refers to intent outside its time
22. Responseרבה finishes: 'פגול' means place, and 'ממנו' limits כרת to time
23. ChallengeWhy not reverse it and give כרת to place?
24. ResolutionTime is preferred because the verse opens with it
25. RejectionOn the contrary: place sits right next to the כרת clause
26. Responseאביי starts a new approach based on a ברייתא about an extra 'third'