## Pesachim Daf 65a

###### Pesachim 65a:1
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וְעוֹלָה גּוּפַהּ מְנָלַן? אָמַר קְרָא: ״אֶל יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעוֹלָה״, אַלְמָא עוֹלָה טְעוּנָה יְסוֹד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And from where do we** derive with respect to **the burnt-offering itself** that its blood must be sprinkled on the altar in a place where there is a base? The Gemara answers that **the verse said:** “And he shall pour all the blood of the bull **at the base of the altar of the burnt-offering,** which is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 4:7). **Apparently,** the blood of **a burnt-offering requires** sprinkling at **the base,** as the verse specifically links the base of the altar to the burnt-offering.


###### Pesachim 65a:2
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יָצְתָה כַּת רִאשׁוֹנָה וְכוּ׳. תָּנָא: הִיא נִקְרֵאת כַּת עַצְלָנִית. וְהָא לָא סַגִּי דְּלָאו הָכִי, מַאי הָוֵי לְהוּ לְמִיעְבַּד?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was stated in the next clause of the mishna that after **the first group exited,** the second group and then the third group would enter. **It was taught** in the *Tosefta* with regard to the third group: **It was called the lazy group** because it was the last of the three groups. The Gemara asks: **But it would not have been sufficient without this** third group, as the Paschal lamb must be offered in three shifts. **What,** then, **should** the members of the third group **have done?**


###### Pesachim 65a:3
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אֲפִילּוּ הָכִי, אִיבְּעִי לְהוּ לְזָרוֹזֵי נַפְשַׁיְיהוּ. כִּדְתַנְיָא, רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְעוֹלָם בְּלֹא בַּסָּם וּבְלֹא בּוּרְסִי. אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁאוּמָּנֻתוֹ בַּסָּם, אוֹי לוֹ מִי שֶׁאוּמָּנֻתוֹ בּוּרְסִי. וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְעוֹלָם בְּלֹא זְכָרִים וּבְלֹא נְקֵבוֹת. אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁבָּנָיו זְכָרִים, אוֹי לוֹ מִי שֶׁבָּנָיו נְקֵבוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Nonetheless,** the members of the third group **should have hurried themselves** so that they would not be in the last group. **As** it **was taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says: The world cannot** function **without a perfume merchant or without a tanner [*bursi*],** who processes bad-smelling hides. While both of these occupations are necessary, **fortunate is he whose profession is** that of a **perfume merchant,** and **woe to him whose profession is** that of a **tanner.** Likewise, **the world cannot** exist **without males or without females;** yet **fortunate is he whose children are males,** and **woe to him whose children are females.**


###### Pesachim 65a:4
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כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַּחוֹל וְכוּ׳. שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְצוֹן מַאן? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְצוֹן רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. דְּאִי רַבָּנַן — הָא אָמְרִי שְׁבוּת הוּא, וְאֵין שְׁבוּת בְּמִקְדָּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was further stated in the mishna that **in the same manner that** the procedure involving the Paschal lamb **was performed during the week,** so was it performed on Shabbat, and that even on Shabbat the priests would rinse the floor of blood, contrary to the wishes of the Sages. The Gemara asks: **Contrary to the wishes of whom?** Which Sage did not consent to this practice? **Rav Ḥisda said: It was contrary to the wishes of Rabbi Eliezer,** who maintains that rinsing the floor on Shabbat is prohibited by Torah law. **As, if** one accepts the opinion of **the Rabbis,** who disagree with him, **don’t they say** that rinsing the floor is prohibited due to a **rabbinic decree? And** the principle is that **rabbinic decrees** do **not** apply **in the Temple.** Consequently, it should be permitted to wash the floor in the Temple on Shabbat according to the opinion of the Rabbis.


###### Pesachim 65a:5
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מַאי הִיא? דְּתַנְיָא: אֶחָד הַחוֹלֵב וְהַמְחַבֵּץ וְהַמְגַבֵּן — כִּגְרוֹגְרוֹת. הַמְכַבֵּד וְהַמְרַבֵּץ וְהָרוֹדֶה חַלּוֹת דְּבַשׁ בְּשׁוֹגֵג בְּשַׁבָּת — חַיָּיב חַטָּאת, הֵזִיד בְּיוֹם טוֹב — לוֹקֶה אֶת הָאַרְבָּעִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the source of this dispute? The Gemara answers: **As it was taught** in the following *baraita*: **One who milks** an animal, **or sets milk to curdle** (*Arukh*), **or makes cheese** is liable if he performed the activity in the measure of **a dried fig-bulk; one who sweeps** the house, **or sprinkles** water on the floor, **or removes honeycombs,** if he did so **unwittingly on Shabbat, he is liable** to bring **a sin-offering,** as he has performed a labor prohibited by Torah law on Shabbat. And if he did so **intentionally on a Festival, he is flogged with forty** lashes; this is **the statement of Rabbi Eliezer.**


###### Pesachim 65a:6
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וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֶחָד זֶה וְאֶחָד זֶה אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא מִשּׁוּם שְׁבוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And the Rabbis say** with regard to the cases of sweeping, sprinkling water on the floor, and harvesting honeycombs: **Both this,** performing these actions on Shabbat, **and that,** doing so on a Festival, **are** prohibited **only due to rabbinic decrees.** According to Rabbi Eliezer, rinsing the floor is the same as sweeping the floor. Therefore, it is prohibited on Shabbat even in the Temple, as there is no allowance to perform a labor prohibited by Torah law that is not essential for the proper sacrifice of the offerings.


###### Pesachim 65a:7
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רַב אָשֵׁי אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְצוֹן חֲכָמִים — וְרַבִּי נָתָן הִיא. דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: שְׁבוּת צְרִיכָה הִתִּירוּ, שְׁבוּת שֶׁאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה לֹא הִתִּירוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi said: You can even say** that the priests rinsed the floor **contrary to the wishes of the Rabbis,** who hold that the prohibition is due to a rabbinic decree, **and** that the mishna **is** according to the opinion of **Rabbi Natan. As it was taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Natan says** that **a rabbinic prohibition** that it is absolutely **necessary** to violate for the sacrificial rite, **they permitted** in the Temple. However, **a rabbinic prohibition** that it is **not** absolutely **necessary** to violate for the sacrificial rite, **they did not permit** in the Temple. Rinsing the floor is not essential, as the Temple rite can continue even if the floor is not washed. Therefore, this rabbinically prohibited activity was not permitted in the Temple.


###### Pesachim 65a:8
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר כּוֹס הָיָה מְמַלֵּא וְכוּ׳. תַּנְיָא רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: כּוֹס הָיָה מְמַלֵּא מִדַּם הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת, שֶׁאִם יִשָּׁפֵךְ דָּמוֹ שֶׁל אֶחָד מֵהֶן — נִמְצָא זֶה מַכְשִׁירוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna teaches: **Rabbi Yehuda says** that the priest **would fill a cup** with **the blood that was mixed** together on the floor and then sprinkle it on the altar. **It was taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Yehuda says: He would fill a cup with the mixed blood, so that if** all of **the blood of one** of the sacrifices **was spilled, this** cup would contain a small amount of that blood, and sprinkling it on the altar **would render** the sacrifice **fit.**


###### Pesachim 65a:9
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אָמְרוּ לוֹ לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה: וַהֲלֹא לֹא נִתְקַבֵּל בִּכְלִי? מְנָא יָדְעִי?! אֶלָּא הָכִי קָאָמְרִי לֵיהּ: שֶׁמָּא לֹא נִתְקַבֵּל בִּכְלִי? אָמַר לָהֶן: אַף אֲנִי לֹא אָמַרְתִּי אֶלָּא בְּנִתְקַבֵּל בִּכְלִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Rabbis **said to Rabbi Yehuda: But** this blood that poured from the throat of the animal onto the floor **had not been received in a vessel** and is therefore unfit to be sprinkled on the altar. The Gemara expresses surprise: **How do they know** with certainty that this blood had not been received in a vessel? **Rather, this is what** the Rabbis **said to** Rabbi Yehuda: **Perhaps** this blood **had not been received in a vessel** and is therefore unfit to be sprinkled on the altar. Rabbi Yehuda **said to them: I, too, spoke only about** blood **that had been received in a vessel.**


###### Pesachim 65a:10
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מְנָא יָדַע? כֹּהֲנִים זְרִיזִין הֵן. אִי זְרִיזִין — אַמַּאי מִשְׁתְּפִיךְ? אַגַּב זְרִיזוּתַיְיהוּ דְּעָבְדִי, מִשְׁתְּפִיךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara expresses surprise in the opposite direction: **How does** Rabbi Yehuda **know** that the blood collected from the floor had in fact been received in a vessel? The Gemara answers: **Priests are vigilant,** and so they were certainly careful to receive all the blood in a vessel. The Gemara asks: **But if they are** so **vigilant, why did** the blood **spill?** The Gemara responds: **Owing to the speed with which they worked,** the blood **spilled.** Therefore, it is necessary to fill a cup with a mixture of the blood found on the floor and sprinkle it upon the altar.


###### Pesachim 65a:11
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וַהֲלֹא דַּם הַתַּמְצִית מְעוֹרָב בּוֹ! רַבִּי יְהוּדָה לְטַעְמֵיהּ, דְּאָמַר: דַּם הַתַּמְצִית — דָּם מְעַלְּיָא הוּא. דְּתַנְיָא: דַּם הַתַּמְצִית בְּאַזְהָרָה, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: בְּהִיכָּרֵת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But isn’t blood squeezed** from an animal after the initial spurt concluded **mixed with it?** Some of the blood on the floor is blood that continued to drain from the animal after the initial spurts of blood that followed the slaughter, and such blood is unfit for the altar. The Gemara answers: **Rabbi Yehuda** conforms **to his** standard line of **reasoning, as he says** that **blood squeezed** from an animal after the initial spurt concluded **is proper blood** in every way. **As it was taught** in a *baraita*: One who consumes **blood squeezed** from an animal after the initial spurt concluded violates **a warning,** i.e., a Torah prohibition for which flogging is the punishment for its violation. This is not as severe as consuming regular life blood, the blood that spurts out from an animal as it is being slaughtered, for which one is liable to receive *karet*. **Rabbi Yehuda says:** One who consumes blood squeezed from an animal after the initial spurt concluded is liable to receive ***karet*,** as this blood is treated as proper blood.


###### Pesachim 65a:12
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וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מוֹדֶה רַבִּי יְהוּדָה לְעִנְיַן כַּפָּרָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְכַפֵּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי הַדָּם הוּא בַּנֶּפֶשׁ יְכַפֵּר״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this answer: **Didn’t Rabbi Elazar say** that even **Rabbi Yehuda concedes with regard to atonement** that sprinkling on the altar blood squeezed from the animal after the initial spurt concluded **does not make atonement? As it is stated:** “For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; **for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of life”** (Leviticus 17:11).