Zevachim 47a

זבחים מ״ז ע״א

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Topic

Two topics: (1) the source that a sacrifice slaughtered by a מתעסק (someone acting without awareness) is פסול; (2) whether the owner's intention, and not only the כהן's, can make an offering פיגול.

Overview

The גמרא first looks for the source that a קרבן slaughtered by a מתעסק, someone not paying attention to the act, is פסול. ״ושחט את בן הבקר״ shows that this is the proper way to do the מצוה, and ״לרצנכם תזבחהו״ shows that it is required. Next, the גמרא notes that our משנה's rule, that only the person doing the עבודה can ruin the offering with his thoughts, disagrees with רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי. He holds that the owners can also cause פיגול, and רבא gives his source, ״והקריב המקריב״. אביי then says that three תנאים hold that when one person thinks and another acts, the thought counts: רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי with קרבנות, רבי אליעזר with slaughtering for a non-Jew, and רבי שמעון בן אלעזר with carrying on שבת. The גמרא shows that these views are linked in one direction only. Whoever applies the idea in a weaker area must accept it in a stronger one, but not the other way around. Then פרק בית שמאי ends, and the new פרק, איזהו מקומן, begins with a משנה about where each קרבן is slaughtered. קדשי קדשים are slaughtered in the north. The משנה describes the blood service of the יום הכיפורים bull and goat, and then of the bulls and goats that are burned, and it continues on the next amud.

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The steps (21)

1. QuestionWhere do we learn that slaughtering without awareness disqualifies?
2. ResponseFirst source: the slaughter must be for the sake of the bull
3. ChallengeThat only proves a מצוה, not that it is required
4. ResolutionSecond source: slaughter it with your awareness
5. StatementThe משנה: only the one doing the service matters, and a תנא disagrees
6. Proofרבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי: the owners can cause פיגול
7. Questionרבא asks for רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי's reason
8. ResponseThe source: ״והקריב המקריב״
9. Statementאביי: three תנאים hold that one person's thought counts when another acts
10. ProofThe first of the three: what we just said
11. ProofSource for רבי אליעזר: slaughtering for a non-Jew
12. ProofSource for רבי שמעון בן אלעזר: storing and carrying on שבת
13. StatementThese two surely agree with רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי
14. ConclusionBut רבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי may not agree with them
15. Statementרבי שמעון בן אלעזר would surely agree with רבי אליעזר
16. Conclusionרבי אליעזר might not agree about שבת
17. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק בית שמאי
18. StatementNew פרק: where קדשי קדשים are slaughtered
19. StatementThe יום הכיפורים bull and goat: slaughter in the north and three inner blood placements
20. StatementLeftover blood is poured on the western base, but this is not essential
21. StatementBulls and goats that are burned: north slaughter and blood on the Curtain and golden altar