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Zevahim 75: Any Offering Can Be Confused with Another

11.29.2025 | ט׳ בכסלו תשפ״ו

When there’s a mix-up of sacrifices and it’s not clear who brought which offering, then the question of semihah – the laying on of hands on the animal – comes to the fore. Plus, what if the mix-up is between private ownership vs. public ownership? Or is the mix-up just the blood? And how – again – might it compare to the parah adumah? (Spoiler alert: It doesn’t.) Also, all offerings can be intermingled and confused – a strong statement, when some offerings are always male or female, which should not be confusable, for example. Plus, a new mishnah – also about mix-ups, and where they should be treated according to the stringencies that are in each kind of offering (in the example, a guilt-offering and a peace-offering).

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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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