Zevachim 97a

זבחים צ״ז ע״א

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Topic

Cleaning pots used for קדשים: רבי טרפון's reason, the timing and method of מריקה ושטיפה, and mixtures of stricter and less strict sacrificial meat

Overview

The משנה ends by saying that a spit and a grill used for קדשים are purged in hot water. The גמרא asks why רבי טרפון lets a pot be used for the whole רגל without מריקה ושטיפה. Its first answer, that the פסוק makes the whole רגל 'one morning,' is rejected because of פיגול and נותר and because of a ברייתא of רבי נתן. Instead, the גמרא explains that each day's cooking purges the day before. It then explains the חכמים: wait until the eating time ends, then scour and rinse, as learned from two פסוקים side by side. A ברייתא brings an argument between רבי and the חכמים about whether scouring uses hot or cold water, and each side defends its reading of 'ומרק ושטף'. A new משנה deals with stricter and less strict meat cooked together. The גמרא rereads it as two cases, with taste and without taste. אביי and רבא then explain why the pot needs no scouring in the case without taste, and the גמרא shows why both cases in the משנה are needed. Finally, a ברייתא starts to derive from 'בבשרה' that only the part that absorbed is affected, and this continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (29)

1. StatementSpit and grill are cleaned with hot water
2. QuestionWhat is רבי טרפון's reason?
3. ResponseThe פסוק makes the whole רגל one morning
4. ChallengeThen would there be no פיגול or נותר on a רגל?
5. Challengeרבי נתן: רבי טרפון meant only this law
6. ResolutionEach day's cooking purges the day before
7. QuestionWhat do the חכמים mean in the משנה?
8. ResponseWait until eating time ends, then scour and rinse
9. QuestionWhere does this timing come from?
10. ResponseTwo פסוקים side by side show the timing
11. StatementHow scouring and rinsing are done: hot or cold water
12. QuestionWhy do the חכמים require hot water?
13. ResponseLike purging vessels bought from non-Jews
14. Resolutionרבי: hot purging comes first, then cold scouring and rinsing
15. ProofThe חכמים prove from two different verbs
16. Rejectionרבי: two verbs mean inside and outside, like washing a cup
17. StatementNew משנה: cooking holy and less-holy meat in one pot
18. StatementOnly the Spot That Absorbed Is Forbidden
19. ChallengeWhat Is the משנה Saying?
20. ResolutionTwo Separate Cases: With Taste and Without Taste
21. ChallengeShouldn't the Pot Need Scouring Because of קדשים קלים?
22. Resolutionאביי: the pot is free only from the stricter scouring
23. Resolutionרבא: the משנה follows רבי שמעון
24. ChallengeWhy does the משנה need two cases according to אביי?
25. ResolutionBoth cases are needed: first direction
26. ResolutionBoth cases are needed: second direction
27. StatementQuoting the משנה about a wafer that touched another wafer
28. QuestionA ברייתא asks whether simple touching is enough
29. ResponseThe word 'בבשרה' shows that simple touching is not enough