## Menachot Daf 10a

###### Menachot 10a:1
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(דְּהָא כְּתִב ״עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם״!), חַד לְהַכְשִׁיר צְדָדִין, וְחַד לִפְסוֹל צִידֵּי צְדָדִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
After all, a verse already indicates that the oil must be placed on the right thumb and big toe, **as** it is **written: “Upon the blood of the guilt offering”** (Leviticus 14:17). Since the Torah has already specified that the blood is placed upon the right thumb and big toe (Leviticus 14:14), it is clear that the oil is placed there as well. Similarly, why must the verse specify with regard to a poor leper that the oil is placed on the right thumb and big toe? Isn’t it already clear from the verse where the oil must be placed, as it states: “Upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering” (Leviticus 14:28)? The Gemara responds: **One** specification, stated with regard to a wealthy leper, serves **to permit** the placement of the oil on the **sides** of the thumb and sides of the big toe in addition to the nail side of the thumb and big toe, **and one,** stated with regard to a poor leper, serves **to disqualify the sides of sides,** i.e., their undersides.


###### Menachot 10a:2
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״עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם״, (על) [וְ״עַל] מְקוֹם דַּם הָאָשָׁם״ – לְמַאי אָתוּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara inquires with regard to the verse: **“Upon the blood of the guilt offering”** (Leviticus 14:17), stated with regard to the purification of a wealthy leper, and the verse: **“Upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering”** (Leviticus 14:28), stated with regard to the purification of a poor leper. **For what** purpose **do they come,** i.e., why are both verses necessary?


###### Menachot 10a:3
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הָנֵי צְרִיכִי, אִי כְּתַב רַחֲמָנָא ״עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם״, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא: אִיתֵיהּ – אִין, נִתְקַנֵּחַ – לָא, כְּתַב רַחֲמָנָא ״עַל מְקוֹם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **These** verses **are necessary, because if the Merciful One had written** only: **“Upon the blood of the guilt offering,” I would say:** If the blood **is** still on the right thumb and big toe of the leper, **yes,** the priest places the oil upon the blood. But if it **was wiped** from there, he does **not** place the oil. Therefore, **the Merciful One writes: “Upon the place** of the blood of the guilt offering,” indicating that the oil is placed upon the location of the blood, not necessarily upon the blood itself.


###### Menachot 10a:4
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וְאִי כְּתַב רַחֲמָנָא ״עַל מְקוֹם״, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא: דַּוְקָא נִתְקַנֵּחַ, אֲבָל אִיתֵיהּ – אֵימָא הָוֵי חֲצִיצָה, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן ״עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** conversely, **if the Merciful One had written** only: **“Upon the place** of the blood of the guilt offering,” **I would say:** The oil is placed on his right thumb and big toe **specifically** when the blood **was wiped** from there. **But** if the blood **is** still there, I will **say** that the blood **is an interposition** between the oil and the thumb or toe. Therefore, the verse **teaches us** that the oil is placed **“upon the blood of the guilt offering,”** and the blood is not considered an interposition.


###### Menachot 10a:5
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אָמַר רָבָא: מֵאַחַר דִּכְתִיב ״עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם״ וְ״עַל מְקוֹם [דַּם] הָאָשָׁם״, וּכְתִיבָא יְמָנִית בְּדָם ״עַל בֹּהֶן יָדוֹ הַיְמָנִית וְעַל בֹּהֶן רַגְלוֹ הַיְמָנִית״, וּכְתִיבִי בְּשֶׁמֶן דִּמְצוֹרָע עָשִׁיר וְעָנִי, לְמָה לִי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: Since it is written** that the priest places the oil **“upon the blood of the guilt offering,” and: “Upon the place of** the blood of **the guilt offering,” and it is** also **written** with regard to a wealthy leper (see Leviticus 14:14) and a poor one (see Leviticus 14:25) that the **right** hand and foot are required **for** the placement of **the blood,** as the verses state: **“Upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot,” and** this **is** also **written with regard to** the **oil of a wealthy leper** (see Leviticus 14:17) **and a poor** one (see Leviticus 14:28), one can ask: **Why do I** need all of these verses?


###### Menachot 10a:6
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: ״יָד״ ״יָד״ לִקְמִיצָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava said:** The verses that specify that the oil must be placed on the right thumb and big toe do not teach a *halakha* with regard to a leper, as it is clear that the oil must be placed on the right thumb and big toe, as it states: “Upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering.” Rather, these verses are the source of verbal analogies for other *halakhot*. When the verse states with regard to a wealthy leper: “Of his right hand” (Leviticus 14:17), this teaches a verbal analogy between the term **“hand”** written here and **“hand”** written **with regard to the removal of a handful,** as the verse states about the removal of a handful: “And he filled his hand from it” (Leviticus 9:17). The verbal analogy teaches that the removal of the handful must also be performed with the right hand.


###### Menachot 10a:7
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״רֶגֶל״ ״רֶגֶל״ לַחֲלִיצָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly, when the verse states: “Of his right foot” (Leviticus 14:17), with regard to a wealthy leper, this teaches a verbal analogy between the term **“foot”** written here and **“foot”** written **with regard to the ritual through which the *yavam*, a man whose married brother died childless, frees his brother’s widow, the *yevama*, of her levirate bonds [*ḥalitza*],** as the verse states with regard to *ḥalitza*: “And remove his shoe from upon his foot” (Deuteronomy 25:9). The verbal analogy teaches that the shoe is removed from his right foot.


###### Menachot 10a:8
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״אוֹזֶן״ ״אוֹזֶן״ לִרְצִיעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Additionally, when the verse states: “Upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed” (Leviticus 14:17), with regard to a wealthy leper, this teaches a verbal analogy between the term **“ear”** written here and **“ear”** written **with regard to** the **piercing** of a Hebrew slave’s ear with an awl, as the verse states: “And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl” (Exodus 21:6). The verbal analogy teaches that the slave’s right ear is pierced.


###### Menachot 10a:9
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״שְׂמָאלִית״ (הֶעָנִי) לְמַאי אֲתָא? אָמַר רַב שִׁישָׁא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב אִידִי: לִיפְסוֹל יָמִין דְּכֹהֵן בִּמְצוֹרָע, שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאמַר: וּמָה בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא נִתְרַבְּתָה שְׂמֹאל נִתְרַבְּתָה יָמִין, בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁנִּתְרַבְּתָה שְׂמֹאל אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁנִּתְרַבְּתָה יָמִין?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: With regard to the additional mention of the **left** hand in the verse dealing **with the poor** leper, **for what** purpose **does** it **come? Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi, said:** It comes **to disqualify** the **right** hand **of a priest for** the purification of **a leper.** This teaches **that you should not say: And if in a place where** the **left** side **is not included,** as sacrificial rites in general are disqualified when performed with the left hand, the **right** hand **is included,** i.e., those rites must be performed with the right hand, then **in a place where** the **left** hand **is included,** in the case of a leper, **isn’t it logical that** the **right** hand should also be **included?** Therefore, the verse repeats that the oil is poured into the priest’s left hand, in order to disqualify the right hand.


###### Menachot 10a:10
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וְאִידָּךְ ״שְׂמָאלִית״ (וְיָד וָרֶגֶל יְמָנִית דְּעָנִי), לְמַאי אֲתָא? לְכִדְתָנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: כׇּל פָּרָשָׁה שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרָה וְנִשְׁנֵית, לֹא נִשְׁנֵית אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל דָּבָר שֶׁנִּתְחַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** concerning **the other** verses that specify the **left** hand of a poor leper (Leviticus 14:26–27) as well as the **right hand and foot of a poor** leper (Leviticus 14:25–28), **for what** purpose do they **come?** The Gemara responds: These verses come **for that which the school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: Any passage that was stated** in the Torah **and was** then **repeated, was repeated only for** the sake of **a matter that was introduced** for the first time **in** the repeated passage. That is, sometimes the Torah repeats an entire passage just to teach a single new detail. In this case, the verses that discuss the purification of a poor leper were repeated only for the sake of the differences in the offerings between a wealthy leper and a poor one. No additional *halakha* should be derived from them.


###### Menachot 10a:11
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אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה, אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ: כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרָה אֶצְבַּע וּכְהוּנָּה, אֵינָהּ אֶלָּא יָמִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabba bar bar Ḥana says** that **Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish says: Any place** in the Torah **in which** it **is stated** that an action is performed with **a finger or** by the **priesthood,** i.e., that one uses his finger to perform the action or that a priest performs it, this teaches that it is performed **only** with the **right** hand.


###### Menachot 10a:12
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קָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתִּין, אֶצְבַּע וּכְהוּנָּה בָּעֵינַן, כְּדִכְתִיב: ״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ״, וְגָמַר מִמְּצוֹרָע, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְטָבַל הַכֹּהֵן אֶת אֶצְבָּעוֹ הַיְמָנִית״. הֲרֵי קְמִיצָה דְּלָא כְּתִיבָא בָּהּ אֶלָּא כְּהוּנָּה, וּתְנַן: קָמַץ בִּשְׂמֹאל פָּסוּל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: It might **enter our mind** to say that this means that **we require both a finger and** the **priesthood** to be stated together in the verse in order to mandate use of the right hand, e.g., **as it is written: “And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger”** (Leviticus 4:25). **And** the fact that this verse is referring to a finger from his right hand **is derived from a leper, as it is written: “And the priest shall dip his right finger”** (Leviticus 14:16). This cannot be correct, **as** there is the verse that addresses **the removal of a handful** from a meal offering, **in which only** the **priesthood is written, and** yet **we learned** in a mishna (6a): If the priest **removed the handful with** his **left** hand the meal offering is **unfit.**


###### Menachot 10a:13
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אָמַר רָבָא: אוֹ ״אֶצְבַּע״ אוֹ ״כְּהוּנָּה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Therefore, **Rava said:** This statement means that if the verse mentions **either a finger or** the **priesthood,** only the right hand may be used.


###### Menachot 10a:14
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: הֲרֵי הוֹלָכַת אֵבָרִים לַכֶּבֶשׁ, דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ כְּהוּנָּה, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְהִקְרִיב הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הַכֹּל הַמִּזְבֵּחָה״, וְאָמַר מָר: זוֹ הוֹלָכַת אֵבָרִים לַכֶּבֶשׁ, וּתְנַן: הָרֶגֶל שֶׁל יָמִין בִּשְׂמֹאל וּבֵית עוֹרָהּ לַחוּץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said to** Rava: But this is contradicted by the verse discussing **the conveyance of** the **limbs** of the daily burnt offering **to the ramp** of the altar, **as priesthood is written with regard to it, as it is written: “And the priest shall sacrifice the whole** and make it smoke **upon the altar”** (Leviticus 1:13), **and the Master said** that **this** verse is referring to **the conveyance of** the **limbs to the ramp. And** yet **we learned** in a mishna (*Tamid* 31b): When the priest conveys the limbs to the ramp, **the foot of** the **right** side of the offering is carried **in** the **left** hand of the priest, **and the place of its skin,** i.e., the side of the limb covered in skin, is held facing **outward.** Clearly, use of the left hand does not disqualify the conveyance of the limbs.


###### Menachot 10a:15
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כִּי אָמְרִינַן ״אוֹ אֶצְבַּע אוֹ כְּהוּנָּה״ – בְּדָבָר הַמְעַכֵּב כַּפָּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **When we say** that if the verse states **either finger or priesthood** then the left hand is disqualified, this is only **with regard to a matter that precludes atonement,** i.e., a rite whose performance is indispensable to the atonement, similar to the sprinkling of the oil on the leper (see Leviticus 14:16). The conveyance of the limbs, by contrast, is not indispensable to atonement.


###### Menachot 10a:16
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וַהֲרֵי קַבָּלָה (דבר) [דְּדָבָר] הַמְעַכֵּב כַּפָּרָה הוּא, וּכְתִב בָּהּ כְּהוּנָּה, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְהִקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת הַדָּם״ – זוֹ קַבָּלַת הַדָּם, וּתְנַן: קִבֵּל בִּשְׂמֹאל פָּסַל, וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מַכְשִׁיר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** isn’t there the **collection** of the blood in a service vessel, **which is a matter indispensable to atonement, and about which priesthood is written? As it is written: “And Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood”** (Leviticus 1:5), and **this** is referring to **the collection of the blood. And** yet **we learned** in a mishna (*Zevaḥim* 15b): If **one collected** the blood **with** his **left** hand, the blood is **disqualified** for offering, **and Rabbi Shimon deems** it **fit,** despite the fact that priesthood is mentioned in the verse.


###### Menachot 10a:17
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לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן קָאָמְרַתְּ? רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן תַּרְתֵּי בָּעֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **You are saying** that there is a difficulty **according to** the opinion of **Rabbi Shimon? Rabbi Shimon requires** that **both** matters appear in the verse, i.e., both finger and priesthood.


###### Menachot 10a:18
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וּמִי בָּעֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן תַּרְתֵּי? וְהָתַנְיָא: רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרָה ״יָד״ – אֵינָהּ אֶלָּא יָמִין, ״אֶצְבַּע״ – אֵינָהּ אֶלָּא יָמִין! אֶצְבַּע לָא בָּעֲיָא כְּהוּנָּה, כְּהוּנָּה בָּעֲיָא אֶצְבַּע.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And does Rabbi Shimon** really **require both? But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Shimon says:** In **any place** in the Torah in **which** the word **hand is stated,** the verse **is** referring **only** to the **right** hand, and whenever a verse mentions the word **finger,** it **is** referring **only** to a finger of the **right** hand? The Gemara responds: According to Rabbi Shimon, if the verse mentions only the word **finger,** it **does not require** a mention of the **priesthood** as well for the limitation to apply. But if the verse mentions only the **priesthood,** it **requires** mention of the term **finger** for the limitation to apply.


###### Menachot 10a:19
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אֶלָּא כֹּהֵן לְמָה לִּי? בְּכִהוּנוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** according to Rabbi Shimon, if the mention of the priesthood alone does not suffice to disqualify the right hand, then **why do I** need the superfluous reference to **a priest** with regard to the collection of the blood? After all, the verse already states that the collection must be performed by the sons of Aaron. The Gemara responds: The additional mention of the priesthood indicates that a priest must perform the collection of the blood **in his priestly state,** i.e., while wearing the priestly vestments.