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Zevachim 6a

זבחים ו׳ ע״א

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Topic

Whether heirs own their father's קרבן; whether a קרבן slaughtered שלא לשמן atones; whether an עולה atones for a מצות עשה skipped after הפרשה

Overview

The גמרא asks whether heirs own their father's קרבן. One proof says that two heirs cannot make a תמורה because they are partners. The גמרא answers that the פסוק includes the heir but speaks of only one person. It defends this answer against a comparison to redeeming מעשר שני. רב אסי then argues that if even one heir can make a תמורה, the קרבן must atone for him, as רבי יוחנן teaches. רב אשי answers that it atones for the heirs only indirectly. Next comes a new question: does a קרבן slaughtered שלא לשמן atone? רב ששת בריה דרב אידי reasons that it does not, since the owner must still bring a second one. A last question asks whether an עולה atones for a מצות עשה skipped after the animal was set aside. A proof from a ברייתא about skipping סמיכה is pushed away by רבא. רב הונא בר יהודה starts a new reading of that ברייתא, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְשׁוּתָּפִין לָא מָצוּ מְמִירִין.

and partners cannot make a substitution.

אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ

But if you say

לָא קַנְיָא לְהוּ –

that it does not belong to them,

אָמוֹרֵי נָמֵי לִימְרוּ!

let them also make a substitution!

The steps (18)

  1. ProofTwo heirs cannot substitute, so they must be partners
  2. RejectionThe verse includes the heir, but only one heir
  3. ChallengeThen two heirs could not redeem מעשר either
  4. Resolutionמעשר is different: the father could redeem as a partner
  5. Proofרב אסי: One heir can make a substitute, so heirs must own it
  6. ProofSupport from רבי יוחנן: Only the one atoned for can make a substitute
  7. RejectionIt atones for the heirs only indirectly
  8. QuestionDo offerings slaughtered for the wrong purpose atone?
  9. ResponseLogic shows the wrong-purpose קרבן does not atone
  10. ChallengeIf it does not atone, why offer it at all?
  11. Resolutionרב אשי explains what רב ששת meant
  12. QuestionDoes an עולה atone for a sin done after setting it aside?
  13. QuestionSide one: maybe an עולה works like a חטאת
  14. QuestionSide two: maybe an עולה is different from a חטאת
  15. ProofA ברייתא about skipping סמיכה
  16. ProofReading the ברייתא: no atonement for the skipped סמיכה
  17. Rejectionרבא: the case of סמיכה does not answer our question
  18. Rejectionרב הונא בר יהודה starts a new reading of the ברייתא