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Zevahim 35: A Fetus, Eggs, and the Separation of Animals

10.19.2025 | כ״ז בתשרי תשפ״ו

A new mishnah! One who has intent to handle the food of an offering to be eaten at the wrong time or wrong location – or parts of the animal that are not customarily eaten – with a measurement of a kezayit, an olive’s worth. But note that less than an olive’s worth of something eaten does not combine with less than an olive’s worth that is burned in the wrong place or the wrong way. Plus, many other cases, including a fetus or eggs in a female animal at the time of slaughter. The Gemara on the mishnah begins with a statement from the amora R. Elazar, which is unusual. Also, further discussion of intent in such a way that the result is pigul – and pigul itself carries a karet punishment.

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Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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