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Zevahim 52: Blood on the Base of the Altar

11.05.2025 | י״ד בחשון תשפ״ו

More on the pouring the remaining blood after sprinkling on the base of the altar…. And the way to conclude the requirements regarding this blood – via logical inference instead of biblical text making the point. The concern being whether this pouring would disqualify the offering, though it seems that everyone agrees that it will not. Which raises the question as to the blood of a bird offering, which might be disqualifying (it’s a machloket), moving a step or two away from the original premise of a question. Also, there is, of course, a view that the pouring of the blood is essential (meaning, if it were not done, it would disqualify the offering after all) – as found in a long baraita. But all that material really comes to teach the point of the essential nature of the pouring. Which, of course, is then refuted – or the attempt is made. Plus, a slew of practical questions for which we don’t have immediate answers.

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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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