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Zevachim 71b

זבחים ע״א ע״ב

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Topic

Mixed-up קרבנות: the end of the משנה, and why our משנה is needed alongside the משניות in תמורה and עבודה זרה

Overview

This amud finishes the משנה about a קרבן that got mixed up with other animals. If it was mixed with disqualified animals, or with a different kind of קרבן, all the animals graze until they get a blemish. Then they are sold and new offerings are bought, and in the second case the owner pays any extra cost himself. If it was mixed with fit חולין, the animals are sold to people who need that kind of offering. If it was mixed with the same kind of קרבן, each animal is offered for its owner. Animals mixed with a בכור or מעשר are eaten under the rules of both, and any offerings can get mixed up except a חטאת with an אשם. The גמרא then asks what 'even one in ten thousand' means, and it rereads the משנה: one forbidden animal hidden among many offerings forbids them all. It asks why this is needed when a משנה in תמורה teaches the same rule. Through רב שימי's answer and a few back-and-forth challenges, it shows that each משנה teaches something the other does not. Finally the גמרא raises a new challenge from a משנה in עבודה זרה about יין נסך, and the answer comes on the next amud.

Opening lines

בְּכִלְאַיִם וּבִטְרֵיפָה, בְּיוֹצֵא דּוֹפֶן –

With a hybrid animal, or a fatally injured animal, or one born by caesarean section –

יִרְעוּ עַד שֶׁיִּסְתָּאֲבוּ, וְיִמָּכְרוּ,

they shall graze until they become blemished, and be sold,

וְיָבִיא בִּדְמֵי הַיָּפֶה שֶׁבָּהֶן

and he shall bring, with the value of the best one among them,

מֵאוֹתוֹ הַמִּין.

an offering of that same kind.

The steps (15)

  1. StatementMixed with a hybrid, a fatally injured animal, or a caesarean-born animal
  2. StatementMixed with unblemished ordinary animals
  3. StatementMixed with other קרבנות of the same kind
  4. StatementMixed with a different kind of קרבן
  5. StatementMixed with a firstborn or a tithe animal
  6. StatementAny offerings can get mixed up except a sin offering and a guilt offering
  7. ChallengeWhy does the משנה say 'even'?
  8. ResolutionRead it the other way: one forbidden animal among many offerings
  9. ChallengeDidn't we already learn this in another משנה?
  10. Resolutionרב שימי explains why both משניות are needed
  11. ChallengeOur משנה already lists the animals not forbidden for benefit
  12. ResolutionOnly the משנה in תמורה says 'in any amount'
  13. ChallengeThen let the משנה in תמורה teach it, and drop ours
  14. ResolutionOur משנה is needed to teach the remedy
  15. ChallengeFor ordinary items, the משנה in עבודה זרה already teaches this