## Mishnah Zevachim Chapter 9

###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:1
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הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָרָאוּי לוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, כָּל הָרָאוּי לָאִשִּׁים, אִם עָלָה לֹא יֵרֵד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ו), הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. מָה עוֹלָה שֶׁהִיא רְאוּיָה לָאִשִּׁים, אִם עָלְתָה לֹא תֵרֵד, אַף כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא רָאוּי לָאִשִּׁים, אִם עָלָה לֹא יֵרֵד. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, כָּל הָרָאוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ, אִם עָלָה לֹא יֵרֵד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. מַה עוֹלָה שֶׁהִיא רְאוּיָה לַמִּזְבֵּחַ אִם עָלְתָה לֹא תֵרֵד, אַף כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא רָאוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ אִם עָלָה לֹא יֵרֵד. אֵין בֵּין דִּבְרֵי רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל לְדִבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶלָּא הַדָּם וְהַנְּסָכִים, שֶׁרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר לֹא יֵרְדוּ, וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר יֵרֵדוּ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַזֶּבַח כָּשֵׁר וְהַנְּסָכִים פְּסוּלִים, הַנְּסָכִים כְּשֵׁרִין וְהַזֶּבַח פָּסוּל, אֲפִלּוּ זֶה וָזֶה פְּסוּלִין, הַזֶּבַח לֹא יֵרֵד, וְהַנְּסָכִים יֵרֵדוּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Certain unfit items, once they have been placed on the altar, are nevertheless sacrificed. The mishna teaches: **The altar sanctifies** only items **that are suited to it.** The *tanna’im* disagree as to the definition of suited for the altar. **Rabbi Yehoshua says: Any** item **that is suited to** be consumed by **the fire** on the altar, e.g., burnt offerings and the sacrificial portions of other offerings, which are burned on the altar, **if it ascended** upon the altar, even if it is disqualified from being sacrificed *ab initio*, **it shall not descend.** Since it was sanctified by its ascent upon the altar, it is sacrificed upon it, **as it is stated: “It is the burnt offering on the pyre** upon the altar” (Leviticus 6:2), from which it is derived: **Just as** with regard to **a burnt offering, which is suited to** be consumed by **the fire** on the altar, **if it ascended it shall not descend, so too,** with regard to **any** item **that is suited to** be consumed by **the fire** on the altar, **if it ascended it shall not descend.** **Rabban Gamliel says:** With regard to **any** item **that is suited to** ascend upon **the altar,** even if it is not typically consumed, **if it ascended, it shall not descend,** even if it is disqualified from being sacrificed *ab initio*, **as it is stated: “It is the burnt offering on the pyre upon the altar,”** from which it is derived: **Just as** with regard to **a burnt offering, which is fit for the altar, if it ascended it shall not descend, so too, any** item **that is fit for the altar, if it ascended it shall not descend.** The mishna comments: **The difference between the statement of Rabban Gamliel and the statement of Rabbi Yehoshua is only** with regard to disqualified **blood and** disqualified **libations,** which are not consumed by the fire but do ascend upon the altar, **as Rabban Gamliel says: They shall not descend,** as they are fit to ascend upon the altar, **and Rabbi Yehoshua says: They shall descend,** as they are not burned on the altar. **Rabbi Shimon says:** Whether **the offering was fit and** the accompanying **libations** were **unfit,** e.g., if they became ritually impure or they were brought outside their designated area, or whether **the libations** were **fit and the offering** was **unfit,** rendering the accompanying libations unfit as well, and **even** if both **this and that were unfit, the offering shall not descend,** as it was sanctified by the altar, **but the libations shall descend.**


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:2
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וְאֵלּוּ אִם עָלוּ, לֹא יֵרְדוּ. הַלָּן, וְהַטָּמֵא, וְהַיּוֹצֵא, וְהַנִּשְׁחָט חוּץ לִזְמַנּוֹ, וְחוּץ לִמְקוֹמוֹ, וְשֶׁקִּבְּלוּ פְסוּלִים, וְזָרְקוּ אֶת דָּמוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטָה בַלַּיְלָה, וְשֶׁנִּשְׁפַּךְ דָּמָהּ, וְשֶׁיָּצָא דָמָהּ חוּץ לַקְּלָעִים, אִם עָלְתָה, תֵּרֵד. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, לֹא תֵרֵד, שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כֹּל שֶׁפְּסוּלוֹ בַקֹּדֶשׁ, הַקֹּדֶשׁ מְקַבְּלוֹ. לֹא הָיָה פְסוּלוֹ בַקֹּדֶשׁ, אֵין הַקֹּדֶשׁ מְקַבְּלוֹ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**These** are the items that even if they were disqualified, **if they ascended** the altar **they shall not descend:** Blood, sacrificial portions, or limbs of a burnt offering, any of **which were left overnight** off the altar, **or that emerge** from the Temple courtyard, **or that** become **ritually impure, or** that came from an animal **that was slaughtered** with the intent to sacrifice it **beyond its** designated **time or outside its** designated **area, or** an offering **that** people **unfit** to perform the Temple service **collected and** then **sprinkled its blood.** **Rabbi Yehuda says:** In the case of a sacrificial animal **that was slaughtered at night, or** one **whose blood was spilled** on the floor of the Temple without its being collected in a vessel, **or** one whose **blood emerged outside the curtains,** i.e., outside the Temple courtyard: Even **if it ascended** upon the altar **it shall descend. Rabbi Shimon says:** In all these cases, if it ascended **it shall not descend, because its disqualification** occurred **in sanctity. As Rabbi Shimon says:** With regard to **any** unfit offering **whose disqualification** occurred **in sanctity,** i.e., in the course of the Temple service, **the sacred** area **renders** the offering **acceptable,** and if it ascended onto the altar it shall not descend. But with regard to any offering **whose disqualification** did **not** occur **in sanctity** but rather was unfit initially, **the sacred** area **does not render** the offering **acceptable.**


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:3
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אֵלּוּ לֹא הָיָה פְסוּלָן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ, הָרוֹבֵעַ, וְהַנִּרְבָּע, וְהַמֻּקְצֶה, וְהַנֶּעֱבָד, וְהָאֶתְנָן, וְהַמְּחִיר, וְהַכִּלְאַיִם, וְהַטְּרֵפָה, וְהַיּוֹצֵא דֹפֶן, וּבַעֲלֵי מוּמִין. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מַכְשִׁיר בְּבַעֲלֵי מוּמִין. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא סְגַן הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹמֵר, דּוֹחֶה הָיָה אַבָּא אֶת בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִין מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And these are** the offerings **whose disqualification** did **not** occur **in sanctity: An animal that copulated with a person, and an animal that was the object of bestiality, and** an animal that was **set aside** for idol worship, **and** an animal that was **worshipped** as a deity, **and** an animal that was given as **payment** to a prostitute **or** as **the price** of a dog, **and** an animal born of a mixture of **diverse kinds, and an animal with a wound that will cause it to die within twelve months [*tereifa*], and** an animal **born by caesarean section, and blemished** animals. **Rabbi Akiva deems blemished** animals **fit** in the sense that if they ascended they shall not descend. **Rabbi Ḥanina, the deputy High Priest, says: My father would reject blemished** animals **from upon the altar.**


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:4
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כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִם עָלוּ לֹא יֵרְדוּ, כָּךְ אִם יָרְדוּ לֹא יַעֲלוּ. וְכֻלָּן שֶׁעָלוּ חַיִּים לְרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, יֵרֵדוּ. עוֹלָה שֶׁעָלְתָה חַיָּה לְרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, תֵּרֵד. שְׁחָטָהּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, יַפְשִׁיט וִינַתַּח בִּמְקוֹמָהּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Concerning those animals that, if they ascended, do not descend, **just as if they ascended** the altar **they shall not descend, so too, if they descended they shall not** then **ascend. And all of them that** if they ascend they do not descend, if **they ascended to the top of the altar alive they descend,** as an animal is fit for the altar only after it is slaughtered. **A burnt offering that ascended to the top of the altar alive shall descend,** as one does not slaughter an animal atop the altar *ab initio*. But if **one slaughtered** the animal **at the top of the altar, he should flay** it **and cut it into pieces in its place,** and it is not removed from the altar.


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:5
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וְאֵלּוּ אִם עָלוּ יֵרְדוּ, בְּשַׂר קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, וּבְשַׂר קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, וּמוֹתַר הָעֹמֶר, וּשְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם, וְלֶחֶם הַפָּנִים, וּשְׁיָרֵי מְנָחוֹת, וְהַקְּטֹרֶת. הַצֶּמֶר שֶׁבְּרָאשֵׁי כְבָשִׂים, וְהַשֵּׂעָר שֶׁבִּזְקַן תְּיָשִׁים, וְהָעֲצָמוֹת, וְהַגִּידִים, וְהַקַּרְנַיִם, וְהַטְּלָפַיִם, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן מְחֻבָּרִין, יַעֲלוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא א), וְהִקְטִיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הַכֹּל הַמִּזְבֵּחָה. פָּרְשׁוּ, לֹא יַעֲלוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יב), וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And these** are the items that **if they ascended** upon the altar **they descend,** because they are completely unfit for the altar: **The meat of offerings of the most sacred order,** i.e., a guilt offering and a sin offering, the meat of which is eaten by priests; **and the meat of offerings of lesser sanctity,** which is eaten by the owners; **and the surplus of the *omer*** meal offering brought on the second day of Passover after the handful was removed and burned on the altar; **and the two loaves** meal offering brought on the festival of *Shavuot*; **and the shewbread; and the remainder of the meal offerings** after the handful was removed, which are all eaten by the priests; **and the incense** that ascended upon the external altar and not the golden altar where it should be burned. With regard to **the wool that is on the heads of the sheep** brought as burnt offerings, **and the hair that is in the beard of goats** that were sacrificed, **and the bones, and the tendons, and the horns, and the hooves: When they are attached** to the flesh of the offering **they shall ascend** upon the altar and be sacrificed with the offering, **as it is stated: “And the priest shall make the whole smoke** on the altar” (Leviticus 1:9). If **they separated** from the flesh of the offering **they shall not ascend, as it is stated: “And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood”** (Deuteronomy 12:27), and nothing else.


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:6
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וְכֻלָּם שֶׁפָּקְעוּ מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, לֹא יַחֲזִיר. וְכֵן גַּחֶלֶת שֶׁפָּקְעָה מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. אֵבָרִים שֶׁפָּקְעוּ מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, קֹדֶם לַחֲצוֹת, יַחֲזִיר, וּמוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן. לְאַחַר חֲצוֹת, לֹא יַחֲזִיר, וְאֵין מוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And all of** those disqualified offerings with regard to which it was taught (84a) that if they ascended they do not descend, in a case **where they were dislodged from upon the altar,** the priest **does not restore** them to the altar. **And likewise,** with regard to **an ember that was dislodged from upon the altar,** the priest **does not restore** it to the altar. As for **limbs** of a fit burnt offering **that were dislodged from upon the altar,** if they were dislodged **before midnight,** the priest **should restore** them to the altar **and** one is liable for **misusing them.** But if they were dislodged **after midnight,** the priest **does not restore them and** one is **not** liable for **misusing them,** as one is not liable for misuse of consecrated property after it has fulfilled the purpose for which it was designated.


###### Mishnah Zevachim 9:7
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כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָרָאוּי לוֹ כָּךְ הַכֶּבֶשׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַכֶּבֶשׁ מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶת הָרָאוּי לָהֶן, כָּךְ הַכֵּלִים מְקַדְּשִׁים. כְּלֵי הַלַּח מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶת הַלַּח, וּמִדּוֹת הַיָּבֵשׁ מְקַדְּשׁוֹת אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ. אֵין כְּלֵי הַלַּח מְקַדְּשִׁים אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ, וְלֹא מִדּוֹת הַיָּבֵשׁ מְקַדְּשׁוֹת אֶת הַלָּח. כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁנִּקְּבוּ, אִם עוֹשִׂים הֵם מֵעֵין מְלַאכְתָּן שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂין וְהֵם שְׁלֵמִים, מְקַדְּשִׁין. וְאִם לָאו, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁים. וְכֻלָּן אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁים אֶלָּא בַקֹּדֶשׁ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to unfit items that if they ascended do not descend, **just as the altar sanctifies** items **that are suited to it, so too, the ramp sanctifies** items that are suited to it. **Just as the altar and the ramp sanctify** items **that are suited to them, so too, the** service **vessels sanctify** items that are placed in them. The mishna elaborates on the *halakha* taught in the previous mishna (86a) that service vessels sanctify items placed in them. **The** service **vessels** used for **liquids sanctify** only **liquids** used in the service, **and** the service vessels that serve as **dry measures sanctify** only **dry** items used in the service. **The** service **vessels** used for **liquids do not sanctify dry** items, **and** the service vessels used for **dry** items **do not sanctify liquids.** With regard to **sacred vessels that were perforated, if one** continues to **utilize them** for a use **similar to the use for which they would utilize them** previously when **they** were **whole, they** continue to **sanctify** their contents. **And if not, they do not sanctify** their contents. **And all of** these vessels **sanctify** items **only** when they are **in the sacred** area, i.e., the Temple courtyard.