## Pesachim Daf 80a

###### Pesachim 80a:1
[Pesachim 80a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:1)

״לֹא תוּכַל לִזְבֹּחַ אֶת הַפָּסַח בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**“You may not sacrifice the Paschal lamb in any one of your cities”** (Deuteronomy 16:5). Rabbi Elazar ben Matya derived from the expression “in any one” that one person cannot be the determining factor in whether the community sacrifices the Paschal lamb in a state of ritual purity or impurity.


###### Pesachim 80a:2
[Pesachim 80a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:2)

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: אֲפִילּוּ שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד טָמֵא וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַשְּׁבָטִים טְהוֹרִים — הַלָּלוּ עוֹשִׂין לְעַצְמָן וְהַלָּלוּ עוֹשִׂין לְעַצְמָן. מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, קָסָבַר: שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד אִיקְּרִי קָהָל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Shimon says: Even** if **one tribe** is **ritually impure and all the rest of the tribes** are **pure, those** tribes who are ritually pure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **for themselves** in a state of purity, **and those** members of the tribe that is impure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **for themselves** in a state of ritual impurity. The Gemara asks: **What is the reason** for the opinion **of Rabbi Shimon?** The Gemara answers: **He holds** that **one tribe is called a community,** and a community may sacrifice the Paschal lamb in a state of impurity.


###### Pesachim 80a:3
[Pesachim 80a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:3)

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אֲפִילּוּ שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד טָמֵא וּשְׁאָר כׇּל הַשְּׁבָטִים טְהוֹרִין — יַעֲשׂוּ בְּטוּמְאָה, שֶׁאֵין קׇרְבַּן צִיבּוּר חָלוּק. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה סָבַר: שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד אִיקְּרִי קָהָל. וְהָווּ לְהוּ פַּלְגָא וּפַלְגָא, וְאֵין קׇרְבַּן צִיבּוּר חָלוּק — וְעָבְדִי כּוּלְּהוּ בְּטוּמְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda says: Even** if **one tribe is impure and all the rest of the tribes are pure,** all the tribes may **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **in** a state of **ritual impurity, as a communal offering is not divided.** The Gemara explains that **Rabbi Yehuda holds** that **one tribe is called a community, and** since an entire community is impure, it is considered as though **half** the Jewish people were pure **and half** were impure. **And a communal offering is not divided.** Therefore, **all of them may perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **in** a state of **ritual impurity.**


###### Pesachim 80a:4
[Pesachim 80a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:4)

אִיתְּמַר: הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֶחֱצָה טְהוֹרִין וּמֶחֱצָה טְמֵאִין, אָמַר רַב: מְטַמְּאִין אֶחָד מֵהֶן בְּשֶׁרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was stated** that the *amora’im* disputed the following issue: If **the Jewish people were** divided, and exactly **half** were **pure and half** were **impure, Rav said: They render impure one of** those who was pure **with a creeping animal.** The majority of the people will then be ritually impure and they may all sacrifice the Paschal lamb in a state of ritual impurity.


###### Pesachim 80a:5
[Pesachim 80a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:5)

וְאַמַּאי? נִיעְבְּדוּ הָנֵי לְחוֹדַיְיהוּ וְהָנֵי לְחוֹדַיְיהוּ, דְּהָא אָמַר רַב: הַלָּלוּ עוֹשִׂין לְעַצְמָן, וְהַלָּלוּ עוֹשִׂין לְעַצְמָן! אָמְרִי: הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָיוּ טְמֵאִין עוֹדְפִין עַל הַטְּהוֹרִין אֶחָד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Why** do so? **Let those** who are pure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on their own** in a state of purity **and those** who are impure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on their own** in a state of impurity. **Didn’t Rav** himself **say:** If half the community is ritually pure and half is ritually impure, **those** who are pure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **for themselves and those** who are impure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **for themselves? Say** in answer to this question: **With what are we dealing here?** We are dealing with a unique circumstance **where the ritually impure outnumbered the ritually pure** by **one** person.


###### Pesachim 80a:6
[Pesachim 80a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:6)

אִי הָכִי, הָווּ לְהוּ רוּבָּא טְמֵאִים? נִיעְבְּדוּ כּוּלְּהוּ בְּטוּמְאָה! סָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן מַתְיָא, דְּאָמַר: אֵין הַיָּחִיד מַכְרִיעַ אֶת הַצִּיבּוּר לְטוּמְאָה. אִי הָכִי, הֲדַר קוּשְׁיַין לְדוּכְתֵּיהּ: נִיעְבְּדוּ הָנֵי לְחוֹדַיְיהוּ וְהָנֵי לְחוֹדַיְיהוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this answer: **If so, the majority** of the community **is impure.** Therefore, **let them all perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **in** a state of **impurity.** The Gemara answers: Rav **holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Elazar ben Matya, who said: An individual cannot tip** the balance of **the community toward ritual impurity.** The Gemara asks: **If so, our question has returned to its place.** If this situation is considered half and half, **let those** who are pure **perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on their own** in a state of purity **and those** who are impure perform the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on their own** in a state of impurity.


###### Pesachim 80a:7
[Pesachim 80a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:7)

אֶלָּא הָכִי קָאָמַר: אִי אִיכָּא תַּנָּא דְּסָבַר לַהּ כְּתַנָּא קַמָּא, דְּאָמַר: פַּלְגָא וּפַלְגָא לָא עָבְדִי כּוּלְּהוּ בְּטוּמְאָה, וְסָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, דְּאָמַר: אֵין קׇרְבַּן צִיבּוּר חָלוּק — מְטַמְּאִין אֶחָד מֵהֶן בְּשֶׁרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, this is** what Rav **said: If there is a *tanna* who holds in accordance with** the opinion of **the first *tanna*, who said that** in a case where **half** the community is pure **and half** is impure, **they do not all perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **in** a state of **impurity, and** also **holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, who said** that **a communal offering is not divided,** there is no way to solve the problem other than to **render impure one of** those who were pure **with a creeping animal.**


###### Pesachim 80a:8
[Pesachim 80a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:8)

וְעוּלָּא אָמַר: מְשַׁלְּחִין אֶחָד מֵהֶן לְדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה. וִיטַמְּאֶנּוּ בְּשֶׁרֶץ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Ulla said:** They do not render one of them impure with a creeping animal. Rather, **they send one of them** who is pure **to a distant place,** so that the majority of the community that is present at the Temple will be ritually impure, and they will all sacrifice the Paschal lamb in a state of ritual impurity. The Gemara suggests: **Let them render him impure with a creeping animal** as Rav said, which is easier to implement.


###### Pesachim 80a:9
[Pesachim 80a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:9)

קָסָבַר: שׁוֹחֲטִין וְזוֹרְקִין עַל טְמֵא שֶׁרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: Ulla **holds** that **one** may **slaughter** the Paschal lamb **and sprinkle** its blood even **for someone** who is **ritually impure from a creeping animal** because he can become ritually pure by the evening and eat from the Paschal lamb. Therefore, rendering someone impure with a creeping animal does not disqualify him from participating in the Paschal lamb in a state of purity.


###### Pesachim 80a:10
[Pesachim 80a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:10)

וִיטַמְּאֶנּוּ בְּמֵת! מַדְחֵהוּ אַתָּה מֵחֲגִיגָתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **Let them render him impure with a corpse,** which causes ritual impurity for seven days. The Gemara responds that this solution is not implemented because **you** would **defer him from his Festival peace-offering.** Since he would be impure for the entire Festival, he would be unable to sacrifice a Festival peace-offering, which is the peace-offering brought by each person who visits the Temple on the Festival. He would needlessly be prevented from performing a mitzva.


###### Pesachim 80a:11
[Pesachim 80a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:11)

הַשְׁתָּא נָמֵי מַדְחֵהוּ אַתָּה מִפִּסְחוֹ! אֶפְשָׁר דְּעָבֵיד בַּשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this response: **Now, too,** by sending one pure person to a distant place, **you disqualify him from** sacrificing **his Paschal lamb** and prevent him from performing a mitzva. The Gemara answers: His sacrifice of the Paschal lamb will not necessarily be totally disqualified. **It is possible that he will perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the second** *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:12
[Pesachim 80a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:12)

בְּמֵת נָמֵי, אֶפְשָׁר דְּעָבֵיד בַּשְּׁבִיעִי דַּהֲוָה לֵיהּ שְׁמִינִי שֶׁלּוֹ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this response: **With regard to** ritual impurity from **a corpse also, it is possible that he will perform** the ritual of the Festival peace-offering **on the seventh** day of Passover, **which is his eighth day** of ritual impurity, since he became impure on the eve of Passover. He can become ritually pure by the seventh day and still sacrifice a Festival peace-offering.


###### Pesachim 80a:13
[Pesachim 80a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:13)

קָסָבַר עוּלָּא: כּוּלְּהוּ — תַּשְׁלוּמִין דְּרִאשׁוֹן נִינְהוּ. דַּחֲזֵי בָּרִאשׁוֹן — חֲזֵי בְּכוּלְּהוּ, וְכֹל הֵיכָא דְּלָא חֲזֵי בָּרִאשׁוֹן — לָא חֲזֵי בְּכוּלְּהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Ulla holds** that **all** the days of the Festival on which one may sacrifice a Festival peace-offering **are redress for** what one was obligated but unable to bring on **the first** day. Therefore, **one who is fit** to bring the offering **on the first** day **is fit on all of them, and whenever one is not fit on the first** day, **he is not fit on all of them.** Consequently, one who is impure on the first day of the Festival is unable to sacrifice a Festival peace-offering the rest of the Festival.


###### Pesachim 80a:14
[Pesachim 80a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:14)

אֲמַר לְהוּ רַב נַחְמָן: זִילוּ וֶאֱמַרוּ לֵיהּ לְעוּלָּא, מַאן צָיֵית דְּעָקַר סִיכֵּיהּ וּמַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ וְרָהֵיט.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman said to** the students: **Go and say to Ulla** that his solution is not practical. **Who will listen to uproot his pegs and tent and run** to a distant place?


###### Pesachim 80a:15
[Pesachim 80a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:15)

אִיתְּמַר: הָיוּ רוּבָּן זָבִין, וּמִיעוּטָן טְמֵאֵי מֵתִים, אָמַר רַב: אוֹתָן טְמֵאֵי מֵתִים אֵינָן עוֹשִׂין לֹא בָּרִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא בַּשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was stated** that the *amora’im* discussed the following matter: If **the majority of** the public **were *zavim* and a minority of them were ritually impure from** impurity imparted by **a corpse,** what should they do? The *halakha* is that even if the majority of the public has the status of *zavim*, they may not sacrifice the Paschal lamb in a state of impurity. **Rav said: Those** who are **impure from** impurity imparted by **a corpse do not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the first** *Pesaḥ* **or on the second** *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:16
[Pesachim 80a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:16)

רִאשׁוֹן לָא עָבְדִי, דְּהָווּ מִיעוּטָא, וּמִיעוּטָא לָא עָבְדִי בָּרִאשׁוֹן. בַּשֵּׁנִי נָמֵי לָא עָבְדִי, כׇּל הֵיכָא דְּעָבְדִי צִיבּוּר בָּרִאשׁוֹן — עָבֵיד יָחִיד בַּשֵּׁנִי. כׇּל הֵיכָא דְּלָא עָבְדִי צִיבּוּר בָּרִאשׁוֹן — לָא עָבֵיד יָחִיד בַּשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav explains: On the **first** *Pesaḥ* **they do not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **because they are the minority, and the minority may not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the first** *Pesaḥ* in a state of impurity. **On the second** *Pesaḥ*, **they also do not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb because **whenever the community performs** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the first** *Pesaḥ*, **the individual performs** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the second.** Conversely, **whenever the community does not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the first** *Pesaḥ*, **the individual does not perform** the ritual of the Paschal lamb **on the second** *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:17
[Pesachim 80a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:17)

אֲמַר לְהוּ שְׁמוּאֵל, זִילוּ אֱמַרוּ לֵיהּ לְאַבָּא: ״וְיַעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַפָּסַח בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ״ מַאי עָבְדַתְּ לֵיהּ? אֲמַר לְהוּ, זִילוּ אֱמַרוּ לֵיהּ: כִּי הֲווֹ כּוּלְּהוּ זָבִין מַאי עָבְדַתְּ לֵיהּ? אֶלָּא כֵּיוָן דְּלָא אֶפְשָׁר — לָא אֶפְשָׁר. הָכָא נָמֵי, לָא אֶפְשָׁר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Shmuel said to** those who informed him of Rav’s ruling: **Go and say to** Rav, whose first name was **Abba: What do you do with** the following verse: **“Let the children of Israel offer the Paschal lamb in its appointed time”** (Numbers 9:2)? Rav **said to** those who transmitted Shmuel’s objection: **Go and say to him: When they are all *zavim*, what do you do? Rather,** you are forced to say that **since it is impossible** to fulfill the mitzva, **it is impossible. Here, too, it is impossible.**


###### Pesachim 80a:18
[Pesachim 80a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:18)

אִיתְּמַר: הָיוּ רוּבָּן טְמֵאֵי מֵתִים וּמִיעוּטָן זָבִין,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was stated** that the *amora’im* discussed the following matter: **The majority of** the public **were ritually impure from** impurity imparted by **a corpse** on the first *Pesaḥ*, so that the Paschal lamb is sacrificed in a state of impurity, **and a minority of them were *zavim*,** whose impurity does not permit them to sacrifice the Paschal lamb on the first *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:19
[Pesachim 80a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:19)

רַב הוּנָא אָמַר: אֵין תַּשְׁלוּמִין לְפֶסַח הַבָּא בְּטוּמְאָה, וְרַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה אָמַר: יֵשׁ תַּשְׁלוּמִין לְפֶסַח הַבָּא בְּטוּמְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In a case where the *zavim* became pure in time for the second *Pesaḥ*, **Rav Huna said: There is no redress for a Paschal lamb that is brought in ritual impurity.** Since the Paschal lamb was sacrificed in a state of impurity on the first *Pesaḥ*, it cannot be sacrificed on the second *Pesaḥ* that year. **And Rav Adda bar Ahava said: There is redress for a Paschal lamb that is brought in** a state of **impurity.** Therefore, one who was unable to participate when the public sacrificed the Paschal lamb in a state of impurity may still bring the Paschal lamb on the second *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:20
[Pesachim 80a:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:20)

נֵימָא בְּהָא קָמִיפַּלְגִי, דְּמַאן דְּאָמַר: אֵין תַּשְׁלוּמִין לְפֶסַח הַבָּא בְּטוּמְאָה, קָסָבַר: טוּמְאָה דְּחוּיָה הִיא בְּצִיבּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **Let us say that they disagree about the following:** Rav Huna, **the one who said there is no redress for a Paschal lamb that is brought in** a state of **impurity, holds** that **ritual impurity is** merely **overridden in** cases involving **the public.** It is not fully permitted. Therefore, although those who are impure are deferred to the second *Pesaḥ* when the Paschal lamb is brought in a state of purity, there is no indication that the same is true when it is brought on the first *Pesaḥ* in a state of impurity.


###### Pesachim 80a:21
[Pesachim 80a:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:21)

וּמַאן דְּאָמַר: יֵשׁ תַּשְׁלוּמִין לְפֶסַח הַבָּא בְּטוּמְאָה, קָסָבַר: טוּמְאָה הוּתְּרָה בְּצִיבּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Conversely, Rav Adda bar Ahava, **the one who said there is redress for a Paschal lamb that is brought in ritual impurity, holds** that **ritual impurity is** wholly **permitted in** cases involving **the public.** Therefore, it is considered as though the Paschal lamb were sacrificed on the first *Pesaḥ* in a state of purity, and those who were unable to sacrifice the Paschal lamb on the first *Pesaḥ* sacrifice it on the second *Pesaḥ*.


###### Pesachim 80a:22
[Pesachim 80a:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/80a:22)

אָמְרִי: לָא. דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא טוּמְאָה דְּחוּיָה בְּצִיבּוּר, וּבְהָא פְּלִיגִי: מָר סָבַר —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Say: No,** it is unnecessary to accept this assumption. It is possible that **everyone agrees** that **ritual impurity is overridden in** cases involving **the public, and they disagree about this** other issue: This **Master,** Rav Huna, who said there is no redress, **holds:**