## Zevachim Daf 25a

###### Zevachim 25a:1
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וּלְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן – דְּלָא בָּעֵי קִידּוּשׁ קוֹמֶץ; וּלְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן נָמֵי בָּעֵי קִידּוּשׁ – קוֹמֶץ בִּשְׂמֹאל אַכְשׁוֹרֵי מַכְשַׁר; ״יָד״–״יָד״ דְּרָבָא לְמָה לִי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And according to Rabbi Shimon, who does not require sanctification of** the **handful, or according to the one who says** that **Rabbi Shimon also requires** the **sanctification of** the **handful** but that **he deems** the sanctification **fit** when performed **with** the **left** hand, **why do I** need the verbal analogy **of Rava** between **“hand”** and **“hand”?**


###### Zevachim 25a:2
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אִי לִקְמִיצָה עַצְמָהּ – מִדְּרַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי חִיָּיא נָפְקָא; דְּאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי חִיָּיא: מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן? דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים הִיא כַּחַטָּאת וְכָאָשָׁם״;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If** one suggests that it is necessary **to** indicate that the **removal of** the **handful itself** must be performed with the right hand, this cannot be, since that is **derived from** the verse cited by **Rav Yehuda, son of Rabbi Ḥiyya. As Rav Yehuda, son of Rabbi Ḥiyya, says: What is the reason that Rabbi Shimon** does not require that the handful be sanctified in a service vessel? **As the verse states** with regard to the meal offering: **“It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the guilt offering”** (Leviticus 6:10).


###### Zevachim 25a:3
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בָּא לְעוֹבְדָהּ בַּיָּד – עוֹבְדָהּ בְּיָמִין, כְּחַטָּאת; בָּא לְעוֹבְדָהּ בִּכְלִי – עוֹבְדָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאל, כְּאָשָׁם!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The verse compares the meal offering to a sin offering and a guilt offering. Therefore, if the priest **comes to perform** the burning of the handful **with** his **hand,** then **he performs it with** his **right** hand, **like a sin offering,** whose blood is sprinkled by hand. And if he **comes to perform it with a vessel,** i.e., if he first sanctifies the handful in a service vessel, then **he** may **perform it with** his **left** hand, **like a guilt offering,** whose blood is sprinkled from a vessel. Since the removal of the handful is performed by hand, the verse indicates that it must be performed with the right hand, and the verbal analogy is unnecessary.


###### Zevachim 25a:4
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לֹא נִצְרְכָא [אֶלָּא] לְקוֹמֵץ מִנְחַת חוֹטֵא; סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא, הוֹאִיל וְאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא קׇרְבָּנוֹ מְהוּדָּר – כִּי קָמַץ לַהּ בִּשְׂמֹאל נָמֵי תִּיתַּכְשַׁר; קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: The verbal analogy **is necessary only for the handful of a meal offering of a sinner,** to teach that it must be removed with the right hand. It might **enter your mind to say: Since Rabbi Shimon says** that this offering does not require oil and frankincense **so that his offering will not be of superior** quality, perhaps **when he removed the handful with** his **left** hand, which is an inferior manner, **it should be fit as well.** The verbal analogy therefore **teaches us** that the handful must always be removed with the right hand, even in the case of the meal offering of a sinner.


###### Zevachim 25a:5
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**מַתְנִי׳** נִשְׁפַּךְ הַדָּם עַל הָרִצְפָּה, וַאֲסָפוֹ – פָּסוּל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If **the blood spilled on the floor** before the priest managed to collect it into a vessel, **and** the priest then **collected it** from the floor into a vessel, it is **disqualified.**


###### Zevachim 25a:6
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**גְּמָ׳** תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ מִדַּם הַפָּר״ – מִדַּם הַנֶּפֶשׁ, וְלֹא מִדַּם הָעוֹר וְלֹא מִדַּם הַתַּמְצִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **The Sages taught:** The verse states: **“And the anointed priest shall take from the blood of the bull [*middam happar*]”** (Leviticus 4:5). This means that the priest shall take **from the blood of the soul,** i.e., the blood that flows from the place of slaughter as the animal dies, **but not from the blood of the skin,** which bleeds out when the skin is cut before the slaughter, **nor from the blood of exudate,** i.e., that exudes from the neck of the animal after the initial spurt of its slaughter concludes.


###### Zevachim 25a:7
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״מִדַּם הַפָּר״ – דָּם מֵהַפָּר יְקַבְּלֶנּוּ. דְּאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ ״מִדַּם הַפָּר״ כְּדִכְתִיב – ״מִדַּם״ וַאֲפִילּוּ מִקְצָת דָּם; וְהָאָמַר רַב: הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל אֶת כׇּל דָּמוֹ שֶׁל פַּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְאֵת כׇּל דָּמוֹ יִשְׁפֹּךְ״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: When the verse states: **“From the blood of the bull,”** it should be interpreted as if it is written: **He shall collect the blood from the bull,** i.e., if the blood spills onto the floor before it is collected in a service vessel, it is disqualified. **As, if** it **enters your mind** that **“from the blood of the bull”** should be interpreted **as it is written,** i.e., that **“from the blood”** means that the priest may collect **even** only **a portion of the blood,** that is difficult: **But doesn’t Rav say: One who slaughters** the offering **must collect all the blood of** the **bull, as it is stated: “And all the blood of the bull he shall pour out** on the base of the altar” (Leviticus 4:7)? The verse emphasizes that the priest must pour all the blood of the bull, which is possible only if he has collected all of it.


###### Zevachim 25a:8
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אֶלָּא ״מִדַּם הַפָּר״ – דָּם מֵהַפָּר יְקַבְּלֶנּוּ. וְקָסָבַר: גּוֹרְעִין וּמוֹסִיפִין וְדוֹרְשִׁין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, “from the blood of the bull”** means that the priest **shall collect** the **blood from the bull. And** this Sage **holds** that the Sages **subtract and add and interpret homiletically,** i.e., one may take a letter from one word, insert it into a second word, and explain the phrase in that manner. In this case, the *mem* of *middam* is added to *happar*, so that the verse is interpreted as though it states: *Dam mehappar*, meaning: Blood from the bull.


###### Zevachim 25a:9
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גּוּפָא – אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל אֶת כׇּל דָּמוֹ שֶׁל פַּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְאֵת כׇּל דַּם הַפָּר יִשְׁפֹּךְ״. וְהָא בְּשִׁירַיִים כְּתִיב!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara turns to **the** matter **itself: Rav Yehuda says** that **Rav says: One who slaughters** the offering **must collect all the blood of** the **bull, as it is stated: “And all the blood of the bull he shall pour out** on the base of the altar.” The Gemara asks: **But isn’t** this verse **written with regard to the remainder** of the blood that is poured onto the base of the altar after the sprinkling? How, then, can a *halakha* with regard to the collection of the blood be derived from it?


###### Zevachim 25a:10
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אִם אֵינוֹ עִנְיָן לְשִׁירַיִים – דְּהָא לֵיתֵיהּ לְכוּלֵּיהּ דָּם; תְּנֵיהוּ עִנְיָן (בְּקַבָּלָה) [לְקַבָּלָה].

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **If** this verse **is not** referring **to the matter of the remainder** of the blood after sprinkling, **as not all of the blood is** present for that rite since some of it has already been sprinkled, **apply it** instead to **the matter of collection** of the blood from the animal.


###### Zevachim 25a:11
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אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ שֶׁיַּגְבִּיהַּ סַכִּין לְמַעְלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְלָקַח מִדַּם הַפָּר״ – וְלֹא מִדַּם הַפָּר וְדָבָר אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says: One who slaughters** the offering **must hold the knife up** after slaughter, so that blood that is on the knife does not fall into the service vessel, **as it is stated: “And** the anointed priest **shall take from the blood of the bull,”** i.e., **and not from** a mixture of **the blood of the bull and something else,** such as the blood from the knife.


###### Zevachim 25a:12
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וְדַם סַכִּין בְּמַאי מְקַנַּח לֵיהּ? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: בִּשְׂפַת מִזְרָק, כְּדִכְתִיב: ״כְּפוֹרֵי זָהָב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And with what does he wipe** the **blood** from the **knife? Abaye says:** He wipes it **with the rim of** the **bowl** used to collect the blood, **as it is written** of the bowls used to collect the blood: **“Atoning-bowls [*keforei*] of gold”** (Ezra 1:10). The root *kaf*, *peh*, *reish* can also mean to wipe.


###### Zevachim 25a:13
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אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר רַב יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא: הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ שֶׁיִּתֵּן

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ḥisda says** that **Rav Yirmeya bar Abba says: One who slaughters** the offering **must place**