## Menachot Daf 74a

###### Menachot 74a:1
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מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים כְּמִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל – מָה מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל נִקְמֶצֶת, אַף מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים נִקְמֶצֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**the meal offering of a sinner** brought **by** one of the **priests** as **equivalent to** the status of **a meal offering of a sinner** brought **by an Israelite. Just as** with regard to **the meal offering of a sinner** brought **by an Israelite, a handful is removed, so too,** with regard to **the meal offering of a sinner** brought **by** one of the **priests, a handful is removed.**


###### Menachot 74a:2
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אִי מָה מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל נִקְמֶצֶת וּשְׁיָרֶיהָ נֶאֱכָלִין, אַף מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים נִקְמֶצֶת וּשְׁיָרֶיהָ נֶאֱכָלִין?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* challenges this: **If** so, then say as follows: **Just as** with regard to **the meal offering of a sinner** brought **by an Israelite, a handful is removed and its remainder is eaten, so too,** with regard to the **meal offering of a sinner** brought **by** one of the **priests, a handful** should be **removed and its remainder eaten.**


###### Menachot 74a:3
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תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לַכֹּהֵן כַּמִּנְחָה״, לַכֹּהֵן כַּמִּנְחָה, וְלֹא לָאִשִּׁים כַּמִּנְחָה. הָא כֵּיצַד? קוֹמֶץ קָרֵב בְּעַצְמוֹ, וְשִׁירַיִם קְרֵיבִין בְּעַצְמָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Therefore, **the verse states:** “And the remainder shall be **the priest’s, as the meal offering,”** which is interpreted to mean that **with regard to** the rite performed by **the priest,** his meal offering is **like the meal offering** of the Israelite, **but** it is **not like the meal offering** of the Israelite with regard to consumption **by the fires** of the altar. **How** is **this** possible? In what ways does the meal offering of a priest resemble that of an Israelite in some respects and not in others? The priest’s **handful is sacrificed by itself,** like that of the Israelite, **and the remainder is sacrificed by itself,** unlike those of the Israelite, which are eaten.


###### Menachot 74a:4
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הָא שֶׁתְּהֵא עֲבוֹדָתָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה בּוֹ, מֵהָכָא נָפְקָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ According to the opinion of the first *tanna* in the *baraita* cited earlier, a priest may perform the rites of a meal offering of a sinner that he brings for himself based on the verse “And the remainder shall be the priest’s, as the meal offering.” The Gemara now asks: With regard to **this** *halakha* **that its rite is valid** when performed **by him,** is it **derived from here?**


###### Menachot 74a:5
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מֵהָתָם נָפְקָא, מִנַּיִן לַכֹּהֵן שֶׁבָּא וּמַקְרִיב קׇרְבְּנוֹתָיו בְּכׇל עֵת וּבְכׇל שָׁעָה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וּבָא בְּכׇל אַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ וְשֵׁרֵת״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is **derived from there,** another verse cited in a *baraita*, which states: **From where** is it derived **with regard to a priest that** he may **come and sacrifice his offerings at any time and at any hour that he desires,** even when it is not during the period of his priestly watch? **The verse states:** “And if a Levite comes from any of your gates from all of Israel, where he lives, **and comes with all the desire of his soul** to the place which the Lord shall choose, **then he shall serve** in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord” (Deuteronomy 18:6–7).


###### Menachot 74a:6
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אִי מֵהָתָם, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא: הָנֵי מִילֵּי – דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין בָּא עַל חֵטְא, אֲבָל דָּבָר שֶׁבָּא עַל חֵטְא – אֵימָא לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **If** the *halakha* were derived **from there,** the verse in Deuteronomy, **I would say: This statement,** that a priest may perform his rites whenever he chooses, applies only to **a matter that does not come** to atone **for a sin,** as the verse is referring to an offering that he desires to bring. **But** with regard to a **matter that comes** to atone **for a sin, I would say** that he may **not** perform the rite himself. Therefore, the *halakha* of the meal offering of a sinner must be derived from the verse in Leviticus: “And the remainder shall be the priest’s, as the meal offering.”


###### Menachot 74a:7
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וְהָא נָמֵי מֵהָכָא נָפְקָא? מֵהָתָם נָפְקָא: ״וְכִפֶּר הַכֹּהֵן עַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַשֹּׁגֶגֶת בְּחֶטְאָה בִשְׁגָגָה״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהַכֹּהֵן מִתְכַּפֵּר עַל יְדֵי עַצְמוֹ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** is **this** *halakha* that a priest may perform the rite of his own sin offering **also derived from here,** i.e., the verse: “And the remainder shall be the priest’s, as the meal offering”? It is **derived from there: “And the priest shall effect atonement for the soul that sins unwittingly, when he sins unwittingly”** (Numbers 15:28). The term “for the soul that sins unwittingly” **teaches that the priest** may **effect atonement** even **through himself,** when he performs the rite.


###### Menachot 74a:8
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אִי מֵהָהוּא, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא: הָנֵי מִילֵּי – בְּשׁוֹגֵג, אֲבָל בְּמֵזִיד – לָא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **If** the *halakha* were derived **from that** latter verse, **I would say: This statement,** permitting him to effect his own atonement, applies when the offering is brought **for** a sin committed **unwittingly. But** with regard to an offering brought **for** a sin committed **intentionally,** the priest may **not** effect his own atonement. Therefore, the verse that states: “And the remainder shall be the priest’s, as the meal offering,” **teaches us** that the priest may perform the rite even for an offering that he brings for an intentional sin.


###### Menachot 74a:9
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בְּמֵזִיד, הֵיכִי מַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ? בִּזְדוֹן שְׁבוּעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies: With regard to an offering brought **for** a sin committed **intentionally, how can you find these** circumstances? The Gemara answers: You can find them **in** the instance of a meal offering brought as atonement for **intentionally** taking a false **oath** of testimony that he was not aware of a certain incident involving another individual. The priest may perform the rites for a meal offering that he brings to atone for such a sin.


###### Menachot 74a:10
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תַּנְיָא אִידַּךְ, רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים נִקְמֶצֶת, וְהַקּוֹמֵץ קָרֵב בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, וְהַשִּׁירַיִם קְרֵיבִין בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: הַקּוֹמֶץ קָרֵב בְּעַצְמוֹ, וְהַשִּׁירַיִם מִתְפַּזְּרִין עַל בֵּית הַדֶּשֶׁן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ With regard to the opinion of Rabbi Shimon that a handful of the meal offering of a sinner brought by a priest is separated and offered upon the altar, it **is taught** in **another** *baraita* that **Rabbi Shimon says:** With regard to **the meal offering of a sinner** brought **by** one of **the priests, a handful is removed; and the handful is sacrificed by itself, and the remainder is sacrificed by itself. Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, says: The handful is sacrificed by itself, and the remainder is scattered upon the place of the ashes.**


###### Menachot 74a:11
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אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא: הָוֵי בַּהּ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, בֵּית הַדֶּשֶׁן דְּהֵיכָא? אִי דִּלְמַעְלָה – הַיְינוּ אֲבוּהּ, אִי דִּלְמַטָּה – יֵשׁ לְךָ דָּבָר שֶׁקָּרֵב לְמַטָּה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the opinion of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, **Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan discusses it** and asks: **To which place of the ashes** in the Temple is he referring? **If** he is referring to the one **that is above,** upon the altar, his opinion **is** identical to that of **his father,** Rabbi Shimon, who stated that the remainder is offered and burned upon the altar, after which the ashes are swept onto the ash heap upon the altar. If so, according to both opinions, the remainder is taken to the same place. And **if** Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, is referring **to** the ash heap **that is below** the altar, that is difficult: Do **you have** any **item that is sacrificed below** the altar?


###### Menachot 74a:12
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי אַבָּא: דִּלְמָא לְאִיבּוּד? אַחִיכוּ עֲלֵיהּ, וְכִי יֵשׁ לְךָ דָּבָר שֶׁקָּרֵב לְאִיבּוּד?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abba said to** Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: **Perhaps** Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, means that the remainder is scattered there **to be wasted.** When the Sages heard this, **they laughed at him,** saying: **But** do **you have** any **item that is sacrificed** as part of the Temple service in order **to be wasted?**


###### Menachot 74a:13
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תָּנֵי אֲבוּהּ דְּרַבִּי אָבִין: ״כׇּל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה לֹא תֵאָכֵל״ – לַאֲכִילָה הִקַּשְׁתִּיהָ, וְלֹא לְדָבָר אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that there are consecrated items that are intentionally wasted. With regard to such items, **the father of Rabbi Avin teaches: “And every meal offering of the priest shall be offered in its entirety; it shall not be eaten”** (Leviticus 6:16). Why must this verse, which follows those discussing the High Priest’s daily griddle-cake offering, state that it shall not be eaten, after it already states that it is entirely offered? The verse teaches: **I have likened** the meal offering of a sinner brought by a priest to the daily griddle-cake offering brought by the High Priest **with regard to eating,** insofar as it is not eaten, **but** I have **not** likened it **with regard to another matter,** i.e., that the meal offering of a sinner is not burned in the manner of the griddle-cake offering.


###### Menachot 74a:14
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מַאי קָא אָמַר? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: הָכִי קָא אָמַר – ״כׇּל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן ... לֹא תֵאָכֵל״ – חוֹבָתוֹ, ״כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה״ – נִדְבָתוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא: סַכִּינָא חֲרִיפָא מַפְסְקָא קְרָאֵי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is he saying,** as the verse states explicitly that it must be entirely offered? **Abaye said** that **this is what** he **is saying:** This is how the verse is to be read: **“Every meal offering of the priest…shall not be eaten,”** when the offering is sacrificed to fulfill **his obligation,** such as the meal offering of a sinner. It is neither eaten nor completely burned, but rather placed on the ash heap. When the verse states: **“Shall be offered in its entirety,”** this is referring to **his gift** offering, which is completely burned in the manner of a griddle-cake offering. **Rava said to him:** This reading is like a **sharp knife cutting the verses** to pieces, as it interprets the beginning and end of the verse together, ignoring the middle.


###### Menachot 74a:15
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: ״כׇּל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה״ – נִדְבָתוֹ, ״לֹא תֵאָכֵל״ – חוֹבָתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rava says:** When the verse states: **“Every meal offering of the priest shall be offered in its entirety,”** this is referring to **his gift** offering, which is entirely offered. When the verse states that it **“shall not be eaten,”** this is referring to **his obligatory** meal offering, which is neither eaten nor entirely offered.


###### Menachot 74a:16
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וְאֵיפוֹךְ אֲנָא? מִסְתַּבְּרָא נִדְבָתוֹ הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְרַבּוֹיֵי, שֶׁכֵּן תְּדִירָה, לָא חָטֵי, בְּסִים רֵיחֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** why should the verse be read that way? **I** can **reverse** the interpretation and say that the priest’s obligatory meal offering is entirely offered, and his gift offering shall be neither eaten nor entirely offered. The Gemara answers: It **stands to reason** that **his gift offering should be included** in the phrase “shall be offered in its entirety,” **as** it resembles the griddle-cake offering and differs from the meal offering of a sinner in several respects, namely, **that** it is **frequent,** that the priest bringing it **did not sin,** and that **its scent is fragrant,** as it is mixed with oil, and frankincense is added to it.


###### Menachot 74a:17
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אַדְּרַבָּה, חוֹבָתוֹ הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְרַבּוֹיֵי, שֶׁכֵּן עִשָּׂרוֹן חוֹבָה! הָנָךְ נְפִישָׁן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **On the contrary,** the verse **should** be interpreted **to include his obligatory** meal offering, **as** the obligatory meal offering is similar to the griddle-cake offering in that, unlike the gift offering, it comprises **a tenth** of an ephah and bringing it is **an obligation.** The Gemara responds: Because **these** similarities between the gift offering and the griddle-cake offering **are** more **numerous** than those between the obligatory offering and the griddle-cake offering, it is logical that the verse is comparing the gift offering to the griddle-cake offering.


###### Menachot 74a:18
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וְרַבָּנַן, הַאי ״כׇּל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה לֹא תֵאָכֵל״, מַאי עָבְדִי לֵיהּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ After discussing the opinions of Rabbi Shimon and Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, the Gemara asks: **And** as for the opinion of **the Rabbis** that no handful is removed from any of the meal offerings of the priests, with regard to **this** verse: **“And every meal offering of the priest shall be offered in its entirety; it shall not be eaten,” what do they do with it?** How do they interpret the superfluous phrase: “It shall not be eaten”?


###### Menachot 74a:19
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מִיבְּעֵי לְהוּ לְכִדְתַנְיָא: אֵין לִי אֶלָּא עֶלְיוֹנָה בְּ״כָלִיל תׇּקְטָר״, וְתַחְתּוֹנָה בְּ״לֹא תֵאָכֵל״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **They require it for that which is taught** in a *baraita*: Concerning the griddle-cake offering, the verse states: “It shall be entirely smoked for the Lord” (Leviticus 6:15). From this verse and the verse that follows it, which states: “And every meal offering of the priest shall be offered in its entirety; it shall not be eaten,” **I have** derived **only** that the griddle-cake offering mentioned **above,** in the first verse, is subject **to: “It shall be entirely smoked,” and** that other meal offerings of priests mentioned **below,** in the second verse, are subject **to: “It shall not be eaten.”**


###### Menachot 74a:20
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מִנַּיִן לִיתֵּן אֶת הָאָמוּר שֶׁל זֶה בָּזֶה, וְאֶת הָאָמוּר שֶׁל זֶה בָּזֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״כָּלִיל״ ״כָּלִיל״ לִגְזֵירָה שָׁוָה: נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״כָּלִיל״, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן ״כָּלִיל״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**From where** is it derived **to apply** the prohibition **that was said about this** case **to that** case, **and** the prohibition **that was said about that** case **to this** case, to teach that the priests’ meal offerings shall be entirely smoked and the griddle-cake offering shall not be eaten? **The verse states: “Entirely,”** in the first verse, and: **“Entirely,”** in the second, to be utilized **as a verbal analogy: It is stated here,** with regard to the priests’ meal offerings: **“Entirely,” and it is stated there,** with regard to the griddle-cake offering: **“Entirely.”**


###### Menachot 74a:21
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מָה לְהַלָּן בְּ״כָלִיל תׇּקְטָר״, אַף כָּאן בְּ״כָלִיל תׇּקְטָר״. וּמָה כָּאן לִיתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל אֲכִילָתוֹ, אַף לְהַלָּן לִיתֵּן לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה עַל אֲכִילָתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Just as there,** the offering is subject **to** the prohibition of: **“It shall be entirely smoked,” so too here,** the offerings are subject **to** the prohibition of: **“It shall be entirely smoked.” And just as here,** with regard to the meal offering of the priest, the verse serves **to impose a prohibition upon eating it, so too there,** with regard to the griddle-cake offering, the verse serves **to impose a prohibition upon eating it.**


###### Menachot 74a:22
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בָּעֵי רָבִינָא: כֹּהֵן שֶׁאָכַל מִן הָאֵימוּרִין, מָה הוּא? לָאו דְּזָרוּת

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ With regard to the prohibition against eating from certain offerings derived from the verse that states: “Shall be offered in its entirety; it shall not be eaten,” **Ravina asks:** In the case of **a priest who ate from the sacrificial portions, what is** the *halakha*? As to whether this priest violates **the prohibition of a non-priest** eating certain types of sacrificial meat, expressed in the verse: “No non-priest shall eat of the sacrificial meat” (Leviticus 22:10),