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Zevachim 55a

זבחים נ״ה ע״א

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Topic

The north for שלמי צבור, the eating place of the כהנים' portions, and where קדשים קלים are slaughtered

Overview

The גמרא first looks for the source that שלמי צבור, the two sheep of שבועות, are slaughtered in the north. רבא rejects a היקש to חטאת, because a rule learned by היקש cannot be passed on by another היקש. He brings a direct היקש to עולה instead. The היקש to חטאת is then used to teach that only male כהנים eat שלמי צבור. אביי challenges this from the נזיר's ram, and the גמרא explains that the נזיר's היקש teaches that shaving after any of his three offerings is valid. A new משנה gives the rules of the תודה and איל נזיר, and the גמרא proves from 'a pure place' that the כהנים' portions may be eaten throughout ירושלים, following אביי's reading. Another משנה gives the rules of שלמים. A ברייתא then argues over whether slaughtering קדשים קלים in the north is learned from a קל וחומר or from a פסוק.

Opening lines

גְּמָ׳

GEMARA:

מְנָא לַן דְּבָעֵי צָפוֹן?

From where do we know that it requires the north?

דְּתָנֵי רַבָּה בַּר רַב חָנָן קַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא:

As Rabba bar Rav Chanan taught before Rava:

״וַעֲשִׂיתֶם שְׂעִיר עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת״

"And you shall offer one male goat as a sin offering"

The steps (30)

  1. QuestionWhere do we learn the north requirement?
  2. Responseרבה בר רב חנן compares the offerings to the חטאת
  3. Challengeרבא objects that you cannot chain two comparisons
  4. ResolutionA direct comparison to the עולה
  5. ChallengeThen what is the first comparison for?
  6. ResolutionThe first comparison teaches that only male כהנים eat them
  7. Challengeאביי: Then the נזיר's Ram Should Also Be for Male כהנים Only
  8. ResolutionThe נזיר's Verse Shows the Owners Eat the Ram
  9. ChallengeBut the Cooked Foreleg Should Still Be for Male כהנים
  10. ResolutionThe Foreleg Is Only 'Holy,' Not 'Most Holy'
  11. QuestionThen What Does the נזיר's Comparison Teach?
  12. Responseרבא: Shaving After Any One of the Three Offerings Works
  13. StatementThe rules of the תודה and the איל נזיר
  14. ChallengeWhy does the verse need to say 'a pure place'?
  15. Resolution'Pure' means pure from a מצורע but not from a זב: מחנה ישראל
  16. ChallengeWhy not say it means the Levite camp?
  17. Resolutionאביי: 'it' moves the portions to the Levite camp, and 'pure place' moves them to the Israelite camp
  18. Resolutionרבא: 'it' removes the portions completely, and 'pure place' brings them back into the Israelite camp
  19. ChallengeWhy not say the pure place brings it all the way into the Levite camp?
  20. ResolutionWe bring it in by one step, not two
  21. ChallengeThen also take it out by only one step
  22. ChallengeA verse forbids eating offerings outside the city
  23. ConclusionThe conclusion follows אביי
  24. StatementThe basic rules of peace offerings
  25. StatementThe priests' portion follows the same rules
  26. StatementThree verses make every direction fit
  27. ProofThe north is learned through a קל וחומר
  28. Statementרבי אליעזר: the verse is needed for the north
  29. ChallengeA reverse argument could have excluded the north
  30. ResolutionThe verse 'אהל מועד' teaches the north