More sources are brought to question Abaya and Rava. The gemara in the end tries to figure out what is really the difference between them, as they seem to agree in all the cases brought. As one of the sources brought related to a blemished animal that was sanctified to be brought as a sacrifice, the gemara brings a source that discusses how many negative commandments does one trangress if one sacrifices a blemishe animal.
Siyum Masechet Avodah Zarah
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Siyum Masechet Avodah Zarah
Siyum Masechet Avodah Zarah is dedicated with love and pride to Terri Krivosha from her husband, Rabbi Hayim Herring, her children, Tamar, Avi and Shaina, and her grandchildren, Noam, Liba, and Orly, for completing her first Daf Yomi cycle. You embody the words of Micah 6:8, and “do justice, love goodness, and walk modestly with HaShem.”
Temurah 6
״נְדָבָה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ״ — זֶה קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת, וּתְנַן: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ תְּמִימִין לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה — מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה עָשׂוּי. תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
“Either a bull or a lamb that has anything too long or too short, that may you offer for a gift; but for a vow it shall not be accepted” (Leviticus 22:23). This verse teaches that only blemished animals may be consecrated for Temple maintenance. And we learned in a baraita: With regard to one who consecrates unblemished animals for Temple maintenance, even though he has transgressed a prohibition, what he did is done. This is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ [רָבָא]: מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁנִּתְרַבּוּ בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִין לְגַבֵּי מִזְבֵּחַ, נִתְרַבּוּ תְּמִימִין לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: From the same place that it was derived earlier that blemished animals are included, i.e., that their consecration for sacrifice on the altar is effective after the fact, it is likewise derived that unblemished animals are included, that their consecration for Temple maintenance is effective. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וַהֲרֵי גָּזֵל, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר ״לֹא תִגְזוֹל״, וּתְנַן: הַגּוֹזֵל עֵצִים וַעֲשָׂאָן כֵּלִים, צֶמֶר וַעֲשָׂאָן בְּגָדִים — מְשַׁלֵּם כִּשְׁעַת הַגְּזֵילָה, תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of robbery, with regard to which the Merciful One states: “You shall not oppress you neighbor, and you shall not rob him” (Leviticus 19:13), and we learned in a mishna (Bava Kamma 93b): One who robs another of wood and fashions it into vessels, or one who robs another of wool and fashions it into garments, pays the victim according to the value of the goods at the time of the robbery, but he need not return the vessels or garments, since by changing the stolen items he acquired them. If he can acquire the stolen item, this is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ רָבָא: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״אֲשֶׁר גָּזָל״ — כְּמָה שֶׁגָּזַל.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “He shall restore the stolen item that he took by robbery” (Leviticus 5:23). This teaches that he must return the original item only if it is still like that which he took by robbery and has not been altered. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וּלְאַבָּיֵי, הַאי ״אֲשֶׁר גָּזָל״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ: עַל גְּזֵילוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ מוֹסִיף חוֹמֶשׁ, עַל גְּזֵילוֹ שֶׁל אָבִיו אֵינוֹ מוֹסִיף חוֹמֶשׁ.
And according to the opinion of Abaye, this phrase: “That he took by robbery,” is necessary to teach that one who takes a false oath denying he robbed another, who must then pay an additional fifth of the value of the stolen item when he returns it, need add a fifth only for denying his own act of robbery, but for denying his deceased father’s act of robbery when sued by the victim as the robber’s heir, he need not add an additional fifth.
וַהֲרֵי מַשְׁכּוֹן, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר: ״לֹא תָבֹא אֶל בֵּיתוֹ לַעֲבוֹט עֲבוֹטוֹ״, וּתְנַן: מַחֲזִיר אֶת הַכַּר בַּלַּיְלָה וְאֶת הַמַּחֲרֵישָׁה בַּיּוֹם — תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of collateral, with regard to which the Merciful One states: “When you lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge” (Deuteronomy 24:10), teaching that a creditor may not seize collateral if the debtor delays payment. And we learned in a mishna (Bava Metzia 113a): If the creditor nevertheless seized two items as collateral, he returns a mattress by night, as the debtor requires it for sleeping, and a plow, which is needed for his daytime work, by day. The creditor may keep possession of seized collateral when it is not being used, which is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ רָבָא: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב״.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “And if he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; you shall restore [hashev tashiv] to him the pledge” (Deuteronomy 24:12–13). The repetition of the verb teaches that the creditor must return the collateral many times, e.g., he must return a plow each morning and take it back each night, and return a mattress each night and take it back each morning, but he does not have to return the collateral permanently. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וּלְאַבָּיֵי, אִי לָאו דְּאָמַר רַחֲמָנָא ״הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב״, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא אִיסּוּרָא עֲבַד, אִי בָּעֵי נַיהְדַּר וְאִי בָּעֵי לָא נַהְדַּר, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן. (חסר לישנא אחרינא)
The Gemara notes: And according to the opinion of Abaye, that transgressions are generally effective, the repetition of the verb may be explained as follows: If the Merciful One had not stated: “Hashev tashiv,” I would say that a creditor who seizes collateral from the home of the debtor has performed a prohibition, but having done so, if he desires, he may return the collateral, and if he desires, he may not return it. The verse therefore teaches us that he must return the items the debtor needs.
וַהֲרֵי פֵּאָה, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר: ״לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ בְּקוּצְרֶךָ״, וּתְנַן: מִצְוַת פֵּאָה לְהַפְרִישׁ מִן הַקָּמָה, לֹא הִפְרִישׁ מִן הַקָּמָה — יַפְרִישׁ מִן הָעֳמָרִים, לֹא הִפְרִישׁ מִן הָעֳמָרִים — יַפְרִישׁ מִן הַכְּרִי עַד שֶׁלֹּא מֵירְחוֹ.
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of produce in the corner of the field, which is given to the poor [pe’a], with regard to which the Merciful One stated: And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corner of your field” (Leviticus 23:22), but one must leave a corner of the field for the poor. And we learned in a baraita (Tosefta, Pe’a 1:5): The optimal way to fulfill the mitzva of pe’a is for the owner to separate it from the standing grain, i.e., grain that has not been harvested. If he did not separate it from the standing grain, he separates it from the sheaves of grain that have already been harvested. If he did not separate it from the sheaves, he separates it from the pile of grain, as long as he has not yet smoothed the pile.
מֵירְחוֹ — מְעַשְּׂרוֹ וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ; מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אָמְרוּ: אַף מַפְרִישׁ מִן הָעִיסָּה, תְּיוּבְתָּא דְאַבָּיֵי!
The baraita continues: Once he smooths the pile of grain, it becomes obligated in tithes. Therefore, he must first tithe the grain and then give a portion of the produce to the poor as pe’a, so that the poor need not tithe what they receive. Additionally, the Sages said in the name of Rabbi Yishmael: If he did not separate pe’a during any of these stages, and he milled the grain and kneaded it into dough, he separates pe’a even from the dough and gives it to the poor. Even if the owner harvested the grain, the pe’a is still not considered his, which is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Abaye.
אָמַר לָךְ אַבַּיֵּי: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״תַּעֲזוֹב״, ״תַּעֲזוֹב״ יַתִּירָא.
The Gemara explains that Abaye could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger” (Leviticus 19:10), and subsequently, it again states: “You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger” (Leviticus 23:22). The superfluous phrase teaches that the owner must give pe’a in any event, even if he harvests the grain and kneads it into dough. But in general, transgressions are effective.
וְרָבָא אָמַר לָךְ: יֵשׁ לְךָ עֲזִיבָה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁכָּזוֹ, וְאֵיזוֹ? זֶה הַמַּפְקִיר כַּרְמוֹ.
And Rava, who maintains that in general transgressions are not effective, could say to you that the extra verse teaches that there is another type of leaving over one’s grain that is like this. And what is that? It is the case of one who renounces ownership of his vineyard.
דְּתַנְיָא: הַמַּפְקִיר כַּרְמוֹ, וְהִשְׁכִּים לַשַּׁחַר וּבְצָרוֹ — חַיָּיב בְּפֶרֶט וְעוֹלֵלוֹת, בְּשִׁכְחָה וּבְפֵאָה, וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר.
As it is taught in a baraita: If one renounced ownership of his vineyard, thereby exempting it from tithes and gifts to the poor, and he rose early in the morning, retook possession of it, and harvested it, he is still obligated in the mitzva of individual fallen grapes left for the poor [peret], and in the mitzva of incompletely formed clusters of grapes left for the poor [olelot], and in the mitzva of forgotten clusters of grapes left for the poor, and in the mitzva of pe’a, but he remains exempt from the mitzva to tithe his produce. His obligation to give the gifts to the poor even though the vineyard was at some point ownerless is derived from the repeated phrase: “You shall leave them for the poor.”
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: וְהַשְׁתָּא דְּשַׁנִּינַן כֹּל הָנֵי שִׁינּוּיֵי, דְּאַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא בְּמַאי פְּלִיגִי?
§ Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: And now that we have given all of these answers, explaining that Abaye and Rava concede to one another in all the above cases, with regard to what cases do Abaye and Rava disagree?
בְּרִבִּית קְצוּצָה קָמִיפַּלְגִי, וְכִדְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: רִבִּית קְצוּצָה יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין,
Rav Ashi answered: They disagree with regard to fixed [ketzutza] interest, and their dispute is like that of Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yoḥanan. As Rabbi Elazar said: If a debtor paid fixed interest and petitions the court to have it returned to him, since the Torah prohibits the charging of interest, it is repossessed from the creditor by the judges of the court.
אֲבַק רִבִּית אֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין, וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ רִבִּית קְצוּצָה אֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין.
If a debtor paid a hint of interest and petitions the court to have it returned to him, it is not repossessed from the creditor by the judges of the court. And Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Even fixed interest is not repossessed by the judges. Abaye holds that transgressions are effective, and the interest now belongs to the creditor and cannot be repossessed, in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan. Therefore, the judges do not appropriate it. Rava holds that transgressions are not effective, and the creditor is in unlawful possession of the interest. Therefore, the judges repossess it, in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar.
אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָתָם בִּסְבָרָא פְּלִיגִי? הָתָם בִּקְרָאֵי פְּלִיגִי! דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן? אָמַר קְרָא: ״בַּנֶּשֶׁךְ נָתַן וְתַרְבִּית לָקַח וָחָי לֹא יִחְיֶה״, לְחַיִּים נִיתַּן וְלֹא לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rav Aḥa said to Rav Ashi: There, in the dispute concerning fixed interest, do Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yoḥanan disagree with regard to logical reasoning, i.e., the principle of whether transgressions are effective? Not so; rather, they disagree there with regard to the interpretation of the verses, as Rabbi Yitzḥak said: What is the reasoning of Rabbi Yoḥanan? The verse states: “[He] has given forth upon interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live; he has done all these abominations; he shall be put to death; his blood shall be upon him” (Ezekiel 18:13). Apparently, a usurer is subject to divine punishment for his life, but the interest is not subject to returning. This is the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan.
רַב אַחָא בַּר אַדָּא אָמַר מֵהָכָא: ״וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶיךָ… אֲנִי ה׳״ — לְמוֹרָא נְתַתִּיו, וְלֹא לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rav Aḥa bar Adda said that the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan is from here: “Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. You shall not give him your money upon interest, nor give him your provisions for increase; I am the Lord” (Leviticus 25:36–38). In effect, God is saying: I have made a usurer subject to punishment for insufficient fear of Me, but the interest is not subject to returning.
רָבָא אָמַר מֵהָכָא: ״הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת הָאֵל עָשָׂה מוֹת יוּמָת דָּמָיו בּוֹ יִהְיֶה״, ״וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן פָּרִיץ שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּם״ — הוּקְּשׁוּ מַלְוֵי רִבִּית לְשׁוֹפְכֵי דָמִים: מָה שׁוֹפְכֵי דָּמִים לֹא נִיתְּנוּ לְהִישָּׁבוֹן, אַף מַלְוֵי רִבִּית לֹא נִיתְּנוּ לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rava said that the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan is from here: “Has lent at advance interest, or exacted accrued interest; shall he live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall be put to death; his blood shall be upon him” (Ezekiel 18:13). And an earlier verse states: “If he fathers a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood” (Ezekiel 18:10). Usurers are thereby juxtaposed to shedders of blood, i.e., murderers: Just as the sins of shedders of blood cannot be undone, so too, the sins of usurers cannot be undone.
וְאָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר? דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״וְחֵי אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ״ — אַהְדַּר לֵיהּ, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּנֵיחֵי עִמָּךְ.
And Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: What is the reasoning of Rabbi Elazar? As the verse states: “Take no interest of him or increase; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you” (Leviticus 25:36). The verse teaches that one must return the interest to the debtor so that he will be able to live together with you.
וְאֶלָּא בְּמַאי קָמִיפַּלְגִי אַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא? בְּשִׁינּוּי קוֹנֶה.
The Gemara asks: But if this matter is not a consequence of the dispute of Abaye and Rava, with regard to what case do Abaye and Rava disagree? The Gemara answers: There is perhaps no practical dispute between them, and they disagree only with regard to the theoretical question of whether deviation from what is stated in the Torah is effective. According to the opinion of Abaye, if there is no verse teaching otherwise, a transgression is presumed to be effective. According to the opinion of Rava, it is presumed to be not effective. They, therefore, disagree as to which halakhot reflect the rule and which are exceptions.
לִישָּׁנָא אַחֲרִינָא, בְּהָנֵי שִׁינּוּיֵי דְּשַׁנִּינַן, בְּרִבִּית קְצוּצָה — לְאַבָּיֵי לָא מַהְדַּר רִבִּית, לְרָבָא מַהְדַּר רִבִּית.
§ The Gemara presents an alternative version of the answer to this question: In accordance with the answers we answered above, Abaye and Rava disagree with regard to fixed interest. According to the opinion of Abaye that transgressions are effective, the creditor does not need to return the interest, as he has acquired it. But according to the opinion of Rava that transgressions are not effective, the creditor must return the interest, as it still belongs to the debtor.
וְהָא אַבָּיֵי נָמֵי סָבַר מַפְּקִינַן רִיבִּית קְצוּצָה בְּדַיָּינִין! דְּאָמַר אַבָּיֵי: הָדֵין דְּמַסֵּיק בְּחַבְרֵיהּ אַרְבַּע זוּזֵי בְּרִיבִּיתָא, וִיהַביה לֵיהּ לְמַלְוֶה (בְּחָנוּתֵיהּ) [בְּגַוַּיְיהוּ] גְּלִימָא דְּשָׁוֵי חַמְשָׁא בְּאַרְבְּעָה — כִּי מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ, אַרְבְּעָה מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ, וְהַאי זוּזָא בְּמַתָּנָה הוּא דִּיהַב לֵיהּ. וְרָבָא אָמַר: חַמְשָׁא מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ. מַאי טַעְמָא? כּוּלַּהּ בְּתוֹרַת רִיבִּיתָא קָאָתֵי לִידֵיהּ!
The Gemara objects: But Abaye also holds that we repossess fixed interest by the authority of the judges, as Abaye said: In the event that this one, who was collecting a debt from another, demanded that he pay four dinars as interest, and the debtor gave to the creditor, in his store, a cloak that was worth five dinars in place of the four dinars of interest, the halakha is that when we repossess the interest from the creditor, we repossess only four dinars from him. And as for that additional one dinar, one presumes the debtor gave it to him as a gift. And Rava said: We repossess all five dinars from him. What is the reason? All of it came into his possession by virtue of a payment of interest. In any event, it is clear that Abaye holds that fixed interest is repossessed by the court.
אֶלָּא, כִּי קָא מִיפַּלְגִי אַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא בְּשִׁינּוּי קוֹנֶה.
The Gemara concludes as earlier: Rather, there may be no practical dispute between them, as when Abaye and Rava disagree, it is only with regard to the theoretical question of whether deviation from what is stated in the Torah is effective.
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״כׇּל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ מוּם לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ״, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אִם בְּ״לֹא תִשְׁחֲטוּ״ — הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר לְמַטָּה! אֶלָּא מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״? — ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״. מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִין לְגַבֵּי מִזְבֵּחַ עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת.
§ The Gemara returns to the topic of blemished animals. The Sages taught in a baraita: Why must the verse state: “But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you” (Leviticus 22:20)? If it serves to teach that you may not slaughter a blemished animal as a sacrifice even if it has been consecrated, that is already stated below, later on in the passage, as the Gemara will soon explain. Rather, why must the verse state that you may not offer a blemished animal? This serves to teach that you may not consecrate it. From here, the Sages stated (Tosefta 1:10): One who consecrates blemished animals for sacrifice on the altar violates five separate categories of prohibition.
מִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״, ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״, ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תִּזְרְקוּ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְטִירוּ כּוּלּוֹ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְטִירוּ מִקְצָתוֹ״. מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמְרוּ: אַף קַבָּלַת הַדָּם.
He is liable for violating the prohibitions: You may not offer a blemished animal as an offering, i.e., you may not consecrate it; you may not slaughter it; and for the prohibition: You may not sprinkle its blood; and for the prohibition: You may not burn all of it on the altar; and for the prohibition: You may not burn part of it. The Sages said in the name of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda: One also violates a prohibition against the collection of the blood.
אָמַר מָר: אִם ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״ — הֲרֵי אָמוּר לְמַטָּה. הֵיכָן אָמוּר? דְּתַנְיָא: ״עַוֶּרֶת אוֹ שָׁבוּר אוֹ חָרוּץ אוֹ יַבֶּלֶת לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ״ — מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אִם ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״ — הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, אֶלָּא מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״? — ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״.
The Gemara interjects: The Master said above: If one suggests that the prohibition in Leviticus 22:20 teaches that you may not slaughter a blemished animal as an offering, that is already stated below, later on in the passage. The Gemara asks: Where is it stated? The Gemara answers: As it is taught in a baraita: Why must the verse state: “Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a cyst, or scabbed, or scurvy, you shall not offer” (Leviticus 22:22)? If this serves to teach that you may not consecrate them, that is already stated above, in verse 20. Rather, why must the verse state that you may not offer these animals? This serves to teach that you may not slaughter them if they have been consecrated.
״וְאִשֶּׁה לֹא תִתְּנוּ מֵהֶם״ — אֵלּוּ אִשִּׁים, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כּוּלָּן, מִקְצָתָן מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״מֵהֶם״.
The baraita continues: The verse states: “Nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord” (Leviticus 22:22). These words teach that one may not burn a blemished animal in the fires of the altar. I have derived only that it is prohibited to burn all of the animal. From where is it derived that it is prohibited to burn some portions of the animal? The verse states: “Of them,” which prohibits the burning of even part of them.
זְרִיקַת דָּמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״, ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ.
From where is it derived that sprinkling the blood of a blemished animal is prohibited? The verse states: “Upon the altar,” thereby indicating that one may not sacrifice any part of it, even its blood, on the altar. The verse continues: “Unto the Lord,” which serves to include the scapegoat of Yom Kippur in this prohibition, that it may not be blemished even though it is not sacrificed on the altar.
וְ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת הוּא? וְהָתַנְיָא: אִי ״קׇרְבָּן״ — שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי אַף קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת, שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ ״קׇרְבָּן״, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַנַּקְרֵב אֶת קׇרְבַּן ה׳״!
The Gemara interjects: And does the term: “Unto the Lord,” serve to include the scapegoat? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: The Torah condemns one who slaughters an offering outside the Temple “and has not brought it unto the door of the Tent of Meeting, to present it as an offering unto the Lord” (Leviticus 17:4)? If the verse had stated only “offering,” I would derive that one is liable even for slaughtering animals consecrated for Temple maintenance outside the Temple, for they are also called an offering, as it is stated: “And we have brought the Lord’s offering, what every man has found: Articles of gold” (Numbers 31:50).
תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״וְאֶל פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְגוֹ׳״ — הָרָאוּי לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד חַיָּיבִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם שׁוֹחֲטֵי חוּץ, שֶׁאֵין רָאוּי לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֵין חַיָּיבִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם שׁוֹחֲטֵי חוּץ.
Therefore, the verse states: “And has not brought it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 17:4). This teaches that one is liable only for sacrificing an animal fit to be sacrificed within the entrance of the Tent of Meeting or the Temple due to the prohibition of slaughtering offerings outside the Temple. But one is not liable for sacrificing an animal not fit to be sacrificed within the entrance of the Tent of Meeting due to the prohibition of slaughtering offerings outside the Temple.
אוֹצִיא אֲנִי אֶת אֵלּוּ, וְלֹא אוֹצִיא פָּרַת חַטָּאת וְשָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, שֶׁהֵן רְאוּיִין לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לַה׳״, מִי שֶׁמְּיוּחָדִין לַה׳, יָצְאוּ אֵלּוּ שֶׁאֵין מְיוּחָדִין לַה׳.
I might exclude these animals consecrated for Temple maintenance, but not exclude the red heifer of purification, whose ashes are used to purge the impurity imparted by a corpse, and the scapegoat, despite the fact that neither are sacrificed on the altar, as they are unblemished and therefore fit to come to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Therefore, the verse states: “Unto the Lord,” to teach that one is liable only for those animals that are exclusively the Lord’s as offerings. These, the red heifer of purification and the scapegoat, are excluded, as they are not exclusively the Lord’s as offerings, but rather they serve unique ritual functions. In any event, the term “unto the Lord” is interpreted as excluding, rather than including, the scapegoat.
אָמַר רָבָא: הָתָם, מֵעִנְיָינָא דִּקְרָא, ״וְאֶל פֶּתַח״ — לְרַבּוֹת, ״לַה׳״ — לְהוֹצִיא; הָכָא, דְּ״אִשֶּׁה״ — לְהוֹצִיא, ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת.
Rava said: There, in the baraita discussing offerings slaughtered outside the Temple, the halakha is derived from the context of the verse. The verse states: “And has not brought it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 17:4), which serves to include any unblemished animal. Therefore, the following term: “Unto the Lord,” serves to exclude certain exceptions to the rule. Here, where the verse states “fire” (Leviticus 22:22), which serves to exclude animals not burned on the altar from the prohibition, the term: “Unto the Lord,” serves to include exceptions to that principle.
טַעְמָא דִּכְתַב קְרָא ״לַה׳״ הוּא דְּלָא מַיְיתֵי שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, הָא לָא רַבִּי קְרָא ״לַה׳״ הֲוָה אָמֵינָא שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ בַּעַל מוּם שַׁפִּיר דָּמֵי. מִכְּדִי, אֵין הַגּוֹרָל קוֹבֵעַ אֶלָּא בְּדָבָר הָרָאוּי!
The Gemara objects: The baraita indicates that the reason why a blemished animal may not be brought as the scapegoat is that the verse writes: “Unto the Lord.” One may infer that had the verse not included the scapegoat by employing the term: “Unto the Lord,” I would say that it is permitted to sacrifice a blemished scapegoat. Now, of the two goats of the Yom Kippur service, one is selected as the scapegoat and one as an offering by lottery. As a rule, the lottery can establish the animals in their respective roles only if each is fit for either role. Given that a blemished animal cannot be sacrificed as an offering, it cannot be designated as the scapegoat either. The term “unto the Lord” therefore seems unnecessary.
אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הָא מַנִּי? חָנָן הַמִּצְרִי הִיא, דְּאָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ דָּם בְּכוֹס — מֵבִיא חֲבֵירוֹ וּמְזַוֵּוג לוֹ.
Rav Yosef said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of Ḥanan the Egyptian, who said that if the scapegoat dies before being sent to the wilderness, even if the other goat has already been slaughtered and its blood collected in the cup, the slaughtered goat is nevertheless a fit offering, and the priest brings another goat and pairs it with the slaughtered goat to serve as the scapegoat. This new scapegoat is thereby designated without a lottery, and one might therefore suppose it can be blemished. The term “unto the Lord” is therefore needed to teach that it must be unblemished.
נְהִי דְּשָׁמְעַתְּ לֵיהּ לְחָנָן הַמִּצְרִי, דְּלָא הָוֵי דִּיחוּי, דְּלָא צְרִיךְ הַגְרָלָה — מִי שָׁמְעַתְּ לֵיהּ? דִּילְמָא מַיְיתֵי וּמַגְרִיל!
The Gemara challenges: Granted that you learn from the statement of Ḥanan the Egyptian that he holds that there is no deferral of the second goat once it has already been slaughtered. But do you learn from him that the new scapegoat need not be designated by a lottery? Perhaps the priest brings two potential scapegoats and performs a lottery to decide between them. Therefore, the question again arises: What need is there for the term “unto the Lord”?
אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הָא מַנִּי? רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן — מֵבִיא חֲבֵירוֹ בְּלֹא הַגְרָלָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן.
Rather, Rav Yosef said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Shimon, as it is taught in a baraita: If one of the two goats dies, the priest brings another goat without another lottery; this is the statement of Rabbi Shimon. It is this scapegoat that, absent the term “unto the Lord,” could have been blemished.
רָבָא אָמַר: לֹא נִצְרְכָא, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהוּמַם בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם וְחִילְּלוֹ עַל חֲבֵירוֹ.
Rava said: No, the term in the verse is necessary for a case where the scapegoat became blemished on that day of Yom Kippur, after it had been designated, and then the priest desacralized it by transferring its sanctity onto another blemished goat.
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I started learning Daf Yomi in January 2020 after watching my grandfather, Mayer Penstein z”l, finish shas with the previous cycle. My grandfather made learning so much fun was so proud that his grandchildren wanted to join him. I was also inspired by Ilana Kurshan’s book, If All the Seas Were Ink. Two years in, I can say that it has enriched my life in so many ways.
Leeza Hirt Wilner
New York, United States
Last cycle, I listened to parts of various מסכתות. When the הדרן סיום was advertised, I listened to Michelle on נידה. I knew that בע”ה with the next cycle I was in (ב”נ). As I entered the סיום (early), I saw the signs and was overcome with emotion. I was randomly seated in the front row, and I cried many times that night. My choice to learn דף יומי was affirmed. It is one of the best I have made!
Miriam Tannenbaum
אפרת, Israel
I learned daf more off than on 40 years ago. At the beginning of the current cycle, I decided to commit to learning daf regularly. Having Rabanit Michelle available as a learning partner has been amazing. Sometimes I learn with Hadran, sometimes with my husband, and sometimes on my own. It’s been fun to be part of an extended learning community.
Miriam Pollack
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Temurah 6
״נְדָבָה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ״ — זֶה קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת, וּתְנַן: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ תְּמִימִין לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה — מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה עָשׂוּי. תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
“Either a bull or a lamb that has anything too long or too short, that may you offer for a gift; but for a vow it shall not be accepted” (Leviticus 22:23). This verse teaches that only blemished animals may be consecrated for Temple maintenance. And we learned in a baraita: With regard to one who consecrates unblemished animals for Temple maintenance, even though he has transgressed a prohibition, what he did is done. This is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ [רָבָא]: מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁנִּתְרַבּוּ בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִין לְגַבֵּי מִזְבֵּחַ, נִתְרַבּוּ תְּמִימִין לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: From the same place that it was derived earlier that blemished animals are included, i.e., that their consecration for sacrifice on the altar is effective after the fact, it is likewise derived that unblemished animals are included, that their consecration for Temple maintenance is effective. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וַהֲרֵי גָּזֵל, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר ״לֹא תִגְזוֹל״, וּתְנַן: הַגּוֹזֵל עֵצִים וַעֲשָׂאָן כֵּלִים, צֶמֶר וַעֲשָׂאָן בְּגָדִים — מְשַׁלֵּם כִּשְׁעַת הַגְּזֵילָה, תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of robbery, with regard to which the Merciful One states: “You shall not oppress you neighbor, and you shall not rob him” (Leviticus 19:13), and we learned in a mishna (Bava Kamma 93b): One who robs another of wood and fashions it into vessels, or one who robs another of wool and fashions it into garments, pays the victim according to the value of the goods at the time of the robbery, but he need not return the vessels or garments, since by changing the stolen items he acquired them. If he can acquire the stolen item, this is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ רָבָא: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״אֲשֶׁר גָּזָל״ — כְּמָה שֶׁגָּזַל.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “He shall restore the stolen item that he took by robbery” (Leviticus 5:23). This teaches that he must return the original item only if it is still like that which he took by robbery and has not been altered. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וּלְאַבָּיֵי, הַאי ״אֲשֶׁר גָּזָל״ מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ: עַל גְּזֵילוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ מוֹסִיף חוֹמֶשׁ, עַל גְּזֵילוֹ שֶׁל אָבִיו אֵינוֹ מוֹסִיף חוֹמֶשׁ.
And according to the opinion of Abaye, this phrase: “That he took by robbery,” is necessary to teach that one who takes a false oath denying he robbed another, who must then pay an additional fifth of the value of the stolen item when he returns it, need add a fifth only for denying his own act of robbery, but for denying his deceased father’s act of robbery when sued by the victim as the robber’s heir, he need not add an additional fifth.
וַהֲרֵי מַשְׁכּוֹן, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר: ״לֹא תָבֹא אֶל בֵּיתוֹ לַעֲבוֹט עֲבוֹטוֹ״, וּתְנַן: מַחֲזִיר אֶת הַכַּר בַּלַּיְלָה וְאֶת הַמַּחֲרֵישָׁה בַּיּוֹם — תְּיוּבְתָּא דְרָבָא!
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of collateral, with regard to which the Merciful One states: “When you lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge” (Deuteronomy 24:10), teaching that a creditor may not seize collateral if the debtor delays payment. And we learned in a mishna (Bava Metzia 113a): If the creditor nevertheless seized two items as collateral, he returns a mattress by night, as the debtor requires it for sleeping, and a plow, which is needed for his daytime work, by day. The creditor may keep possession of seized collateral when it is not being used, which is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אָמַר לָךְ רָבָא: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב״.
The Gemara explains that Rava could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “And if he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; you shall restore [hashev tashiv] to him the pledge” (Deuteronomy 24:12–13). The repetition of the verb teaches that the creditor must return the collateral many times, e.g., he must return a plow each morning and take it back each night, and return a mattress each night and take it back each morning, but he does not have to return the collateral permanently. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
וּלְאַבָּיֵי, אִי לָאו דְּאָמַר רַחֲמָנָא ״הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב״, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא אִיסּוּרָא עֲבַד, אִי בָּעֵי נַיהְדַּר וְאִי בָּעֵי לָא נַהְדַּר, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן. (חסר לישנא אחרינא)
The Gemara notes: And according to the opinion of Abaye, that transgressions are generally effective, the repetition of the verb may be explained as follows: If the Merciful One had not stated: “Hashev tashiv,” I would say that a creditor who seizes collateral from the home of the debtor has performed a prohibition, but having done so, if he desires, he may return the collateral, and if he desires, he may not return it. The verse therefore teaches us that he must return the items the debtor needs.
וַהֲרֵי פֵּאָה, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר: ״לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ בְּקוּצְרֶךָ״, וּתְנַן: מִצְוַת פֵּאָה לְהַפְרִישׁ מִן הַקָּמָה, לֹא הִפְרִישׁ מִן הַקָּמָה — יַפְרִישׁ מִן הָעֳמָרִים, לֹא הִפְרִישׁ מִן הָעֳמָרִים — יַפְרִישׁ מִן הַכְּרִי עַד שֶׁלֹּא מֵירְחוֹ.
The Gemara objects: But there is the case of produce in the corner of the field, which is given to the poor [pe’a], with regard to which the Merciful One stated: And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corner of your field” (Leviticus 23:22), but one must leave a corner of the field for the poor. And we learned in a baraita (Tosefta, Pe’a 1:5): The optimal way to fulfill the mitzva of pe’a is for the owner to separate it from the standing grain, i.e., grain that has not been harvested. If he did not separate it from the standing grain, he separates it from the sheaves of grain that have already been harvested. If he did not separate it from the sheaves, he separates it from the pile of grain, as long as he has not yet smoothed the pile.
מֵירְחוֹ — מְעַשְּׂרוֹ וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ; מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אָמְרוּ: אַף מַפְרִישׁ מִן הָעִיסָּה, תְּיוּבְתָּא דְאַבָּיֵי!
The baraita continues: Once he smooths the pile of grain, it becomes obligated in tithes. Therefore, he must first tithe the grain and then give a portion of the produce to the poor as pe’a, so that the poor need not tithe what they receive. Additionally, the Sages said in the name of Rabbi Yishmael: If he did not separate pe’a during any of these stages, and he milled the grain and kneaded it into dough, he separates pe’a even from the dough and gives it to the poor. Even if the owner harvested the grain, the pe’a is still not considered his, which is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Abaye.
אָמַר לָךְ אַבַּיֵּי: שָׁאנֵי הָתָם, דְּאָמַר קְרָא ״תַּעֲזוֹב״, ״תַּעֲזוֹב״ יַתִּירָא.
The Gemara explains that Abaye could say to you: It is different there, as the verse states: “You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger” (Leviticus 19:10), and subsequently, it again states: “You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger” (Leviticus 23:22). The superfluous phrase teaches that the owner must give pe’a in any event, even if he harvests the grain and kneads it into dough. But in general, transgressions are effective.
וְרָבָא אָמַר לָךְ: יֵשׁ לְךָ עֲזִיבָה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁכָּזוֹ, וְאֵיזוֹ? זֶה הַמַּפְקִיר כַּרְמוֹ.
And Rava, who maintains that in general transgressions are not effective, could say to you that the extra verse teaches that there is another type of leaving over one’s grain that is like this. And what is that? It is the case of one who renounces ownership of his vineyard.
דְּתַנְיָא: הַמַּפְקִיר כַּרְמוֹ, וְהִשְׁכִּים לַשַּׁחַר וּבְצָרוֹ — חַיָּיב בְּפֶרֶט וְעוֹלֵלוֹת, בְּשִׁכְחָה וּבְפֵאָה, וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר.
As it is taught in a baraita: If one renounced ownership of his vineyard, thereby exempting it from tithes and gifts to the poor, and he rose early in the morning, retook possession of it, and harvested it, he is still obligated in the mitzva of individual fallen grapes left for the poor [peret], and in the mitzva of incompletely formed clusters of grapes left for the poor [olelot], and in the mitzva of forgotten clusters of grapes left for the poor, and in the mitzva of pe’a, but he remains exempt from the mitzva to tithe his produce. His obligation to give the gifts to the poor even though the vineyard was at some point ownerless is derived from the repeated phrase: “You shall leave them for the poor.”
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: וְהַשְׁתָּא דְּשַׁנִּינַן כֹּל הָנֵי שִׁינּוּיֵי, דְּאַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא בְּמַאי פְּלִיגִי?
§ Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: And now that we have given all of these answers, explaining that Abaye and Rava concede to one another in all the above cases, with regard to what cases do Abaye and Rava disagree?
בְּרִבִּית קְצוּצָה קָמִיפַּלְגִי, וְכִדְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: רִבִּית קְצוּצָה יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין,
Rav Ashi answered: They disagree with regard to fixed [ketzutza] interest, and their dispute is like that of Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yoḥanan. As Rabbi Elazar said: If a debtor paid fixed interest and petitions the court to have it returned to him, since the Torah prohibits the charging of interest, it is repossessed from the creditor by the judges of the court.
אֲבַק רִבִּית אֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין, וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ רִבִּית קְצוּצָה אֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּינִין.
If a debtor paid a hint of interest and petitions the court to have it returned to him, it is not repossessed from the creditor by the judges of the court. And Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Even fixed interest is not repossessed by the judges. Abaye holds that transgressions are effective, and the interest now belongs to the creditor and cannot be repossessed, in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan. Therefore, the judges do not appropriate it. Rava holds that transgressions are not effective, and the creditor is in unlawful possession of the interest. Therefore, the judges repossess it, in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar.
אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָתָם בִּסְבָרָא פְּלִיגִי? הָתָם בִּקְרָאֵי פְּלִיגִי! דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן? אָמַר קְרָא: ״בַּנֶּשֶׁךְ נָתַן וְתַרְבִּית לָקַח וָחָי לֹא יִחְיֶה״, לְחַיִּים נִיתַּן וְלֹא לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rav Aḥa said to Rav Ashi: There, in the dispute concerning fixed interest, do Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yoḥanan disagree with regard to logical reasoning, i.e., the principle of whether transgressions are effective? Not so; rather, they disagree there with regard to the interpretation of the verses, as Rabbi Yitzḥak said: What is the reasoning of Rabbi Yoḥanan? The verse states: “[He] has given forth upon interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live; he has done all these abominations; he shall be put to death; his blood shall be upon him” (Ezekiel 18:13). Apparently, a usurer is subject to divine punishment for his life, but the interest is not subject to returning. This is the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan.
רַב אַחָא בַּר אַדָּא אָמַר מֵהָכָא: ״וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶיךָ… אֲנִי ה׳״ — לְמוֹרָא נְתַתִּיו, וְלֹא לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rav Aḥa bar Adda said that the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan is from here: “Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. You shall not give him your money upon interest, nor give him your provisions for increase; I am the Lord” (Leviticus 25:36–38). In effect, God is saying: I have made a usurer subject to punishment for insufficient fear of Me, but the interest is not subject to returning.
רָבָא אָמַר מֵהָכָא: ״הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת הָאֵל עָשָׂה מוֹת יוּמָת דָּמָיו בּוֹ יִהְיֶה״, ״וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן פָּרִיץ שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּם״ — הוּקְּשׁוּ מַלְוֵי רִבִּית לְשׁוֹפְכֵי דָמִים: מָה שׁוֹפְכֵי דָּמִים לֹא נִיתְּנוּ לְהִישָּׁבוֹן, אַף מַלְוֵי רִבִּית לֹא נִיתְּנוּ לְהִישָּׁבוֹן.
Rava said that the source for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan is from here: “Has lent at advance interest, or exacted accrued interest; shall he live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall be put to death; his blood shall be upon him” (Ezekiel 18:13). And an earlier verse states: “If he fathers a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood” (Ezekiel 18:10). Usurers are thereby juxtaposed to shedders of blood, i.e., murderers: Just as the sins of shedders of blood cannot be undone, so too, the sins of usurers cannot be undone.
וְאָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר? דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״וְחֵי אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ״ — אַהְדַּר לֵיהּ, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּנֵיחֵי עִמָּךְ.
And Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: What is the reasoning of Rabbi Elazar? As the verse states: “Take no interest of him or increase; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you” (Leviticus 25:36). The verse teaches that one must return the interest to the debtor so that he will be able to live together with you.
וְאֶלָּא בְּמַאי קָמִיפַּלְגִי אַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא? בְּשִׁינּוּי קוֹנֶה.
The Gemara asks: But if this matter is not a consequence of the dispute of Abaye and Rava, with regard to what case do Abaye and Rava disagree? The Gemara answers: There is perhaps no practical dispute between them, and they disagree only with regard to the theoretical question of whether deviation from what is stated in the Torah is effective. According to the opinion of Abaye, if there is no verse teaching otherwise, a transgression is presumed to be effective. According to the opinion of Rava, it is presumed to be not effective. They, therefore, disagree as to which halakhot reflect the rule and which are exceptions.
לִישָּׁנָא אַחֲרִינָא, בְּהָנֵי שִׁינּוּיֵי דְּשַׁנִּינַן, בְּרִבִּית קְצוּצָה — לְאַבָּיֵי לָא מַהְדַּר רִבִּית, לְרָבָא מַהְדַּר רִבִּית.
§ The Gemara presents an alternative version of the answer to this question: In accordance with the answers we answered above, Abaye and Rava disagree with regard to fixed interest. According to the opinion of Abaye that transgressions are effective, the creditor does not need to return the interest, as he has acquired it. But according to the opinion of Rava that transgressions are not effective, the creditor must return the interest, as it still belongs to the debtor.
וְהָא אַבָּיֵי נָמֵי סָבַר מַפְּקִינַן רִיבִּית קְצוּצָה בְּדַיָּינִין! דְּאָמַר אַבָּיֵי: הָדֵין דְּמַסֵּיק בְּחַבְרֵיהּ אַרְבַּע זוּזֵי בְּרִיבִּיתָא, וִיהַביה לֵיהּ לְמַלְוֶה (בְּחָנוּתֵיהּ) [בְּגַוַּיְיהוּ] גְּלִימָא דְּשָׁוֵי חַמְשָׁא בְּאַרְבְּעָה — כִּי מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ, אַרְבְּעָה מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ, וְהַאי זוּזָא בְּמַתָּנָה הוּא דִּיהַב לֵיהּ. וְרָבָא אָמַר: חַמְשָׁא מַפְּקִינַן מִינֵּיהּ. מַאי טַעְמָא? כּוּלַּהּ בְּתוֹרַת רִיבִּיתָא קָאָתֵי לִידֵיהּ!
The Gemara objects: But Abaye also holds that we repossess fixed interest by the authority of the judges, as Abaye said: In the event that this one, who was collecting a debt from another, demanded that he pay four dinars as interest, and the debtor gave to the creditor, in his store, a cloak that was worth five dinars in place of the four dinars of interest, the halakha is that when we repossess the interest from the creditor, we repossess only four dinars from him. And as for that additional one dinar, one presumes the debtor gave it to him as a gift. And Rava said: We repossess all five dinars from him. What is the reason? All of it came into his possession by virtue of a payment of interest. In any event, it is clear that Abaye holds that fixed interest is repossessed by the court.
אֶלָּא, כִּי קָא מִיפַּלְגִי אַבָּיֵי וְרָבָא בְּשִׁינּוּי קוֹנֶה.
The Gemara concludes as earlier: Rather, there may be no practical dispute between them, as when Abaye and Rava disagree, it is only with regard to the theoretical question of whether deviation from what is stated in the Torah is effective.
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״כׇּל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ מוּם לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ״, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אִם בְּ״לֹא תִשְׁחֲטוּ״ — הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר לְמַטָּה! אֶלָּא מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״? — ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״. מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִין לְגַבֵּי מִזְבֵּחַ עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת.
§ The Gemara returns to the topic of blemished animals. The Sages taught in a baraita: Why must the verse state: “But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you” (Leviticus 22:20)? If it serves to teach that you may not slaughter a blemished animal as a sacrifice even if it has been consecrated, that is already stated below, later on in the passage, as the Gemara will soon explain. Rather, why must the verse state that you may not offer a blemished animal? This serves to teach that you may not consecrate it. From here, the Sages stated (Tosefta 1:10): One who consecrates blemished animals for sacrifice on the altar violates five separate categories of prohibition.
מִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״, ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״, ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תִּזְרְקוּ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְטִירוּ כּוּלּוֹ״, וּמִשּׁוּם ״בַּל תַּקְטִירוּ מִקְצָתוֹ״. מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמְרוּ: אַף קַבָּלַת הַדָּם.
He is liable for violating the prohibitions: You may not offer a blemished animal as an offering, i.e., you may not consecrate it; you may not slaughter it; and for the prohibition: You may not sprinkle its blood; and for the prohibition: You may not burn all of it on the altar; and for the prohibition: You may not burn part of it. The Sages said in the name of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda: One also violates a prohibition against the collection of the blood.
אָמַר מָר: אִם ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״ — הֲרֵי אָמוּר לְמַטָּה. הֵיכָן אָמוּר? דְּתַנְיָא: ״עַוֶּרֶת אוֹ שָׁבוּר אוֹ חָרוּץ אוֹ יַבֶּלֶת לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ״ — מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אִם ״בַּל תַּקְדִּישׁוּ״ — הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, אֶלָּא מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בַּל תַּקְרִיבוּ״? — ״בַּל תִּשְׁחֲטוּ״.
The Gemara interjects: The Master said above: If one suggests that the prohibition in Leviticus 22:20 teaches that you may not slaughter a blemished animal as an offering, that is already stated below, later on in the passage. The Gemara asks: Where is it stated? The Gemara answers: As it is taught in a baraita: Why must the verse state: “Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a cyst, or scabbed, or scurvy, you shall not offer” (Leviticus 22:22)? If this serves to teach that you may not consecrate them, that is already stated above, in verse 20. Rather, why must the verse state that you may not offer these animals? This serves to teach that you may not slaughter them if they have been consecrated.
״וְאִשֶּׁה לֹא תִתְּנוּ מֵהֶם״ — אֵלּוּ אִשִּׁים, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כּוּלָּן, מִקְצָתָן מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״מֵהֶם״.
The baraita continues: The verse states: “Nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord” (Leviticus 22:22). These words teach that one may not burn a blemished animal in the fires of the altar. I have derived only that it is prohibited to burn all of the animal. From where is it derived that it is prohibited to burn some portions of the animal? The verse states: “Of them,” which prohibits the burning of even part of them.
זְרִיקַת דָּמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״, ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ.
From where is it derived that sprinkling the blood of a blemished animal is prohibited? The verse states: “Upon the altar,” thereby indicating that one may not sacrifice any part of it, even its blood, on the altar. The verse continues: “Unto the Lord,” which serves to include the scapegoat of Yom Kippur in this prohibition, that it may not be blemished even though it is not sacrificed on the altar.
וְ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת הוּא? וְהָתַנְיָא: אִי ״קׇרְבָּן״ — שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי אַף קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת, שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ ״קׇרְבָּן״, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַנַּקְרֵב אֶת קׇרְבַּן ה׳״!
The Gemara interjects: And does the term: “Unto the Lord,” serve to include the scapegoat? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: The Torah condemns one who slaughters an offering outside the Temple “and has not brought it unto the door of the Tent of Meeting, to present it as an offering unto the Lord” (Leviticus 17:4)? If the verse had stated only “offering,” I would derive that one is liable even for slaughtering animals consecrated for Temple maintenance outside the Temple, for they are also called an offering, as it is stated: “And we have brought the Lord’s offering, what every man has found: Articles of gold” (Numbers 31:50).
תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״וְאֶל פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְגוֹ׳״ — הָרָאוּי לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד חַיָּיבִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם שׁוֹחֲטֵי חוּץ, שֶׁאֵין רָאוּי לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֵין חַיָּיבִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם שׁוֹחֲטֵי חוּץ.
Therefore, the verse states: “And has not brought it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 17:4). This teaches that one is liable only for sacrificing an animal fit to be sacrificed within the entrance of the Tent of Meeting or the Temple due to the prohibition of slaughtering offerings outside the Temple. But one is not liable for sacrificing an animal not fit to be sacrificed within the entrance of the Tent of Meeting due to the prohibition of slaughtering offerings outside the Temple.
אוֹצִיא אֲנִי אֶת אֵלּוּ, וְלֹא אוֹצִיא פָּרַת חַטָּאת וְשָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, שֶׁהֵן רְאוּיִין לְפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לַה׳״, מִי שֶׁמְּיוּחָדִין לַה׳, יָצְאוּ אֵלּוּ שֶׁאֵין מְיוּחָדִין לַה׳.
I might exclude these animals consecrated for Temple maintenance, but not exclude the red heifer of purification, whose ashes are used to purge the impurity imparted by a corpse, and the scapegoat, despite the fact that neither are sacrificed on the altar, as they are unblemished and therefore fit to come to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Therefore, the verse states: “Unto the Lord,” to teach that one is liable only for those animals that are exclusively the Lord’s as offerings. These, the red heifer of purification and the scapegoat, are excluded, as they are not exclusively the Lord’s as offerings, but rather they serve unique ritual functions. In any event, the term “unto the Lord” is interpreted as excluding, rather than including, the scapegoat.
אָמַר רָבָא: הָתָם, מֵעִנְיָינָא דִּקְרָא, ״וְאֶל פֶּתַח״ — לְרַבּוֹת, ״לַה׳״ — לְהוֹצִיא; הָכָא, דְּ״אִשֶּׁה״ — לְהוֹצִיא, ״לַה׳״ — לְרַבּוֹת.
Rava said: There, in the baraita discussing offerings slaughtered outside the Temple, the halakha is derived from the context of the verse. The verse states: “And has not brought it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 17:4), which serves to include any unblemished animal. Therefore, the following term: “Unto the Lord,” serves to exclude certain exceptions to the rule. Here, where the verse states “fire” (Leviticus 22:22), which serves to exclude animals not burned on the altar from the prohibition, the term: “Unto the Lord,” serves to include exceptions to that principle.
טַעְמָא דִּכְתַב קְרָא ״לַה׳״ הוּא דְּלָא מַיְיתֵי שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ, הָא לָא רַבִּי קְרָא ״לַה׳״ הֲוָה אָמֵינָא שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ בַּעַל מוּם שַׁפִּיר דָּמֵי. מִכְּדִי, אֵין הַגּוֹרָל קוֹבֵעַ אֶלָּא בְּדָבָר הָרָאוּי!
The Gemara objects: The baraita indicates that the reason why a blemished animal may not be brought as the scapegoat is that the verse writes: “Unto the Lord.” One may infer that had the verse not included the scapegoat by employing the term: “Unto the Lord,” I would say that it is permitted to sacrifice a blemished scapegoat. Now, of the two goats of the Yom Kippur service, one is selected as the scapegoat and one as an offering by lottery. As a rule, the lottery can establish the animals in their respective roles only if each is fit for either role. Given that a blemished animal cannot be sacrificed as an offering, it cannot be designated as the scapegoat either. The term “unto the Lord” therefore seems unnecessary.
אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הָא מַנִּי? חָנָן הַמִּצְרִי הִיא, דְּאָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ דָּם בְּכוֹס — מֵבִיא חֲבֵירוֹ וּמְזַוֵּוג לוֹ.
Rav Yosef said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of Ḥanan the Egyptian, who said that if the scapegoat dies before being sent to the wilderness, even if the other goat has already been slaughtered and its blood collected in the cup, the slaughtered goat is nevertheless a fit offering, and the priest brings another goat and pairs it with the slaughtered goat to serve as the scapegoat. This new scapegoat is thereby designated without a lottery, and one might therefore suppose it can be blemished. The term “unto the Lord” is therefore needed to teach that it must be unblemished.
נְהִי דְּשָׁמְעַתְּ לֵיהּ לְחָנָן הַמִּצְרִי, דְּלָא הָוֵי דִּיחוּי, דְּלָא צְרִיךְ הַגְרָלָה — מִי שָׁמְעַתְּ לֵיהּ? דִּילְמָא מַיְיתֵי וּמַגְרִיל!
The Gemara challenges: Granted that you learn from the statement of Ḥanan the Egyptian that he holds that there is no deferral of the second goat once it has already been slaughtered. But do you learn from him that the new scapegoat need not be designated by a lottery? Perhaps the priest brings two potential scapegoats and performs a lottery to decide between them. Therefore, the question again arises: What need is there for the term “unto the Lord”?
אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הָא מַנִּי? רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן — מֵבִיא חֲבֵירוֹ בְּלֹא הַגְרָלָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן.
Rather, Rav Yosef said: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Shimon, as it is taught in a baraita: If one of the two goats dies, the priest brings another goat without another lottery; this is the statement of Rabbi Shimon. It is this scapegoat that, absent the term “unto the Lord,” could have been blemished.
רָבָא אָמַר: לֹא נִצְרְכָא, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהוּמַם בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם וְחִילְּלוֹ עַל חֲבֵירוֹ.
Rava said: No, the term in the verse is necessary for a case where the scapegoat became blemished on that day of Yom Kippur, after it had been designated, and then the priest desacralized it by transferring its sanctity onto another blemished goat.
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