Zevachim 75b

זבחים ע״ה ע״ב

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Topic

Sprinkling amounts, the status of a בכור's substitute and dedication, which offerings can get mixed up, and רבי שמעון on bringing קדשים to unfitness

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a challenge. Rules saying that a הזאה of any amount purifies seem to show that רבי needs no minimum amount for placing blood. The גמרא answers that רבי was following רבי אליעזר, or that sprinkling water and placing blood are separate laws. Next, רמי בר חמא asks whether the תמורה of a blemished בכור keeps the בכור's restrictions, and רבא shows from a ברייתא that it does. רמי בר חמא then asks whether a בכור dedicated to בדק הבית may be sold by weight. After a proof and an objection are each knocked down, רבי אמי rules that a person can only give over what he owns, so it may not be sold by weight. The גמרא then explains which offerings can get mixed up: hair versus wool keeps a חטאת apart from an אשם, but age differences do not. A new משנה records רבי שמעון's view that a mixed אשם and שלמים are eaten by the stricter rules, and the חכמים object that holy food may not be brought to unfitness. The amud ends as רבה limits רבי שמעון's view to בדיעבד, and אביי begins an objection that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (26)

1. ChallengeChallenge from the rule that any amount of sprinkling purifies
2. Resolutionרבי was speaking according to רבי אליעזר
3. ResolutionSprinkling water and placing blood are separate laws
4. StatementQuoting the משנה about animals mixed with a בכור or מעשר
5. QuestionCan the substitute of a בכור be fed to נדות?
6. QuestionCan the substitute be redeemed or sold by weight?
7. Responseרבא: the substitute has the same status as the original
8. QuestionCan a firstborn dedicated to the Temple be sold by weight?
9. ProofProof from the משנה about mixed-up offerings
10. RejectionTwo animals are different from one animal
11. ChallengeOne animal does not cancel the firstborn's rules
12. RejectionRedeeming is different: the Torah forbids it directly
13. ResponseA person can only give what he owns
14. QuestionWhy can't a חטאת and an אשם get mixed up?
15. ChallengeA חטאת and an עולה also differ in gender
16. ResolutionThe נשיא's goat, and hair versus wool
17. ChallengeA פסח and an אשם differ in age
18. ResolutionSome אשם offerings are young lambs
19. ResolutionAges can look alike
20. Statementרבי שמעון: a mixed אשם and שלמים follow the stricter rules
21. RejectionThe חכמים object: holy food may not be pushed toward unfitness
22. StatementMixed pieces of meat are eaten by the stricter rule
23. StatementA ברייתא: do not buy תרומה with שביעית money
24. ChallengeThe Sages say the ברייתא does not fit רבי שמעון
25. Resolutionרבה: רבי שמעון allows it only after the fact
26. ChallengeIs it really not allowed from the start? אביי objects