Zevachim 56b

זבחים נ״ו ע״ב

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Topic

Offering blood on the day of slaughter, the night before the third day of a שלמים, and the rules of בכור, מעשר and פסח

Overview

The amud opens at the end of a proof from the פסוק 'ביום הקריבו את זבחו' that the blood of a קרבן may only be offered on the day the animal was slaughtered. Two objections are answered the same way: whichever word you give another job, the other word is extra and teaches the rule. Then חזקיה and רבי יוחנן argue about the night before the third day of a שלמים. They disagree whether planning to eat it then makes it פיגול, and whether someone who eats it then is חייב כרת. A ברייתא is brought in support of רבי יוחנן. Another ברייתא uses פסוקים to teach that a two-day שלמים is eaten only until sunset of the second day, and that its leftovers are burned only by day on the third day. A new משנה then teaches that בכור, מעשר and פסח are slaughtered anywhere in the עזרה, need one blood placement that reaches the יסוד, and differ in how they are eaten. The גמרא says the משנה follows רבי יוסי הגלילי. It also learns the יסוד rule from a גזירה שוה with the עולה.

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The steps (18)

1. ChallengeThe verse is needed for its plain meaning
2. ResolutionThe extra word 'הקריבו' teaches the blood rule
3. ChallengeMaybe the eating time counts from when the blood is offered
4. ResolutionThe word 'זבחו' then becomes extra and teaches the rule
5. StatementPlanning to eat a שלמים on the night before the third day
6. StatementActually eating a שלמים on the night before the third day
7. ProofA ברייתא supports רבי יוחנן
8. ChallengeA logical argument that the meat may be eaten the night after day two
9. RejectionThe פסוק rules out eating on the night after day two
10. ChallengeMaybe the leftover meat must be burned right away
11. RejectionLeftover meat is burned only by day
12. StatementNew משנה: slaughter and blood of בכור, מעשר and פסח
13. StatementHow each of the three is eaten
14. QuestionWhich תנא taught this משנה?
15. Responseרב חסדא: it is רבי יוסי הגלילי
16. Proof'Their fat' and 'their blood' include all three
17. QuestionWhere do we learn the blood must land on the base?
18. Responseרבי אליעזר learns it from the word 'sprinkling' by עולה