## Zevachim Daf 40a

###### Zevachim 40a:1
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אָמַר מָר: אֵין לִי אֶלָּא מַתַּן שֶׁבַע שֶׁמְּעַכְּבוֹת בְּכׇל מָקוֹם. הֵיכָא? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: בְּפָרָה וּבִנְגָעִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes the *baraita* in detail. **The Master said** in the *baraita*: **I have** a derivation **only** with regard to the **seven placements** on the Curtain separating between the Sanctuary and Holy of Holies, that they are indispensable, **as** these seven **are indispensable in all cases.** The Gemara asks: **Where** are the seven indispensable? **Rav Pappa says: In** the case of the red **heifer** (see Numbers 19:2–4), **and in** the purification process of one afflicted with leprous **marks** (see Leviticus 14:16).


###### Zevachim 40a:2
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מַתַּן אַרְבַּע מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כֵּן יַעֲשֶׂה״. מַאי שְׁנָא מַתַּן שֶׁבַע – דִּכְתִיבָן וּכְפִילָן, מַתַּן אַרְבַּע נָמֵי – כְּתִיבָן וּכְפִילָן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **From where** is it derived that the same applies to the **four placements** on the inner altar? **The verse states: “So shall he do”** (Leviticus 4:20). The Gemara asks: **What is different** about **seven placements,** that they should be indispensable? If you say that the reason is **that** the seven placements **are written and repeated,** by means of the terms “And he shall do…as he did,” which teaches that they are indispensable, I can say that the **four placements as well are written and repeated.** Why then should their *halakha* be any different?


###### Zevachim 40a:3
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אָמַר רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה: לֹא נִצְרְכָא אֶלָּא לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן. דְּתַנְיָא, לְמַעְלָה אוֹמֵר: ״קֶרֶן״–״קַרְנוֹת״ – שְׁתַּיִם; לְמַטָּה הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״קֶרֶן״–״קַרְנוֹת״ – אַרְבַּע. דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yirmeya says:** This **is necessary only according to** the opinion of **Rabbi Shimon,** who maintains that only two placements are written in this chapter, while the other two are derived through a juxtaposition. Consequently, a specific derivation is required for these. **As it is taught** in a *baraita* with regard to the placements on the inner altar: **Above,** in the case of the bull for an unwitting sin of the anointed priest, the verse **states corner** in the plural form of **corners** (see Leviticus 4:7), i.e., it says “corners [*karnot*],” in the plural, where it could have written corner, in the singular. These are **two** corners. And **below,** with regard to the bull for an unwitting communal sin, **it** again **states corner** in the plural form of **corners** (see Leviticus 4:18). Together these amount to **four** corners. This is **the statement of Rabbi Shimon.**


###### Zevachim 40a:4
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ; הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״ – עַל כׇּל הָאָמוּר בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד. וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, ״כֵּן יֵעָשֶׂה״ מַאי עָבֵיד לֵיהּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda says:** This derivation **is not necessary, as it states** in these same verses: “And he shall put of the blood upon the corners of the altar which is before the Lord, which is **in the Tent of Meeting”** (Leviticus 4:18). The superfluous expression “in the Tent of Meeting” teaches that the blood must be placed **on all** the corners of the altar **that are stated with regard to the Tent of Meeting,** i.e., on all four corners. The Gemara asks: **And Rabbi Yehuda, what does he do with** the phrase **“so shall he do,”** which Rabbi Shimon interprets as referring to the four placements?


###### Zevachim 40a:5
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מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ לְכִדְתַנְיָא: לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא לָמַדְנוּ לְפַר יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לִסְמִיכָה. וּשְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כֵּן יַעֲשֶׂה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that Rabbi Yehuda **requires** this verse **for that which is taught** in a *baraita*: **As we did not learn** with regard **to the bull of Yom Kippur that placing hands** is required, i.e., that the High Priest must place his hands on this animal before it is slaughtered, **and** likewise it is not stated that the **remainder of** its **blood** must be poured on the base of the altar. **From where** is it derived that these actions must be performed? **The verse states: “So shall he do.”**


###### Zevachim 40a:6
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וּלְפַר יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לֹא לָמַדְנוּ? הָא אָמַרְתָּ: ״לַפָּר״ – זֶה יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And did we not learn** with regard **to the bull of Yom Kippur** that these requirements apply? **But you said** earlier in the *baraita*: **“With the bull”** (Leviticus 4:20); **this** alludes to the bull of **Yom Kippur,** which indicates that all the rites performed in connection with the bull for an unwitting communal sin apply also to the bull of Yom Kippur.


###### Zevachim 40a:7
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אִיצְטְרִיךְ; סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: הָנֵי מִילֵּי – עֲבוֹדָה דִּמְעַכְּבָא כַּפָּרָה, אֲבָל עֲבוֹדָה דְּלָא מְעַכְּבָא כַּפָּרָה – אֵימָא לָא; קָמַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: The derivation from the phrase “so shall he do” **was necessary,** as it could **enter your mind to say** that **this matter,** the comparison between the bull for an unwitting communal sin and the bull of Yom Kippur, applies only to **a service that is indispensable for atonement,** e.g., the sprinkling of the blood. **But** with regard to **a service that is not indispensable for atonement,** such as placing hands on the head of the animal or pouring out the remainder of the blood, one might **say** that these actions need **not** be performed. Therefore, the verse **teaches us:** “So shall he do,” i.e., these services, too, must be performed with the bull of Yom Kippur.


###### Zevachim 40a:8
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וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, הַאי ״בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״ מַאי עָבֵיד לֵיהּ? ״בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״ מִבְּעֵי לֵיהּ שֶׁאִם נִפְחֲתָה תִּקְרָה שֶׁל הֵיכָל, לֹא הָיָה מַזֶּה. וְאִידַּךְ – מֵ״אֲשֶׁר״. וְאִידַּךְ – ״אֲשֶׁר״ לָא דָּרֵישׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And Rabbi Shimon, what does he do with this** phrase: **“In the Tent of Meeting,”** from which Rabbi Yehuda derives that the blood must be placed on all four corners of the altar? The Gemara answers: Rabbi Shimon **requires** the phrase **“in the Tent of Meeting”** to teach **that if the roof of the Sanctuary was breached** by a hole, the priest **would not sprinkle** the blood, as it would no longer be called the Tent of Meeting. The Gemara asks: **And the other** *tanna*, Rabbi Yehuda, from where does he derive this *halakha*? The Gemara explains that Rabbi Yehuda derives it **from** the superfluous term **“which is** in the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 4:7, 18). The Gemara asks: **And the other** *tanna*, Rabbi Shimon? **He does not interpret** the term **“which is”** as he maintains that this expression is not significant enough to serve as the source of a *halakha*.


###### Zevachim 40a:9
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אַבָּיֵי אָמַר: לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה נָמֵי אִיצְטְרִיךְ; סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: מִידֵּי דְּהָוֵה אַסְּמִיכָה וּשְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם – דְּאַף עַל גַּב דִּכְתִיבָן וּכְפִילָן לָא מְעַכְּבָא, מַתַּן אַרְבַּע נָמֵי לָא תִּתְעַכַּב; קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: According to** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda as well,** it **was necessary** to learn from the phrase “so shall he do” that the four placements are indispensable. As it might **enter your mind to say** that **just as it is with regard to placing hands and** the **remainder of the blood, that even though they are written and repeated they are not indispensable,** so **too,** the **four placements** of blood **should not be indispensable.** Therefore, the phrase “so shall he do” **teaches us** that this is not the case, and the four sprinklings are indeed indispensable.


###### Zevachim 40a:10
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״לַפָּר״ – זֶה פַּר יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. לְמַאי הִילְכְתָא? אִי לְעַכֵּב – פְּשִׁיטָא, ״חֻקָּה״ כְּתִיבָה בֵּיהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The *baraita* teaches: **“With the bull”** (Leviticus 4:20), **this** alludes to **the bull of Yom Kippur. To what *halakha*** does this statement relate? **If** it serves **to** teach that all matters stated with regard to the bull of Yom Kippur are **indispensable,** this is **obvious,** since the word **“statute” is written concerning it:** “And this shall be an everlasting statute to you” (Leviticus 16:29), and there is a principle that *halakhot* described as statutes are indispensable.


###### Zevachim 40a:11
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אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: לֹא נִצְרְכָא אֶלָּא לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, דְּאָמַר: כִּי כְּתִיבָה ״חֻקָּה״ – אַדְּבָרִים הַנַּעֲשִׂים בְּבִגְדֵי לָבָן בִּפְנִים, שֶׁאִם הִקְדִּים מַעֲשֶׂה לַחֲבֵירוֹ – לֹא עָשָׂה וְלֹא כְלוּם;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said:** This statement **is necessary only according to** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, who says: When** the term **“statute” is written** concerning the Yom Kippur service, indicating that no details may be altered, it is written only **with regard to actions performed in white garments inside** the Holy of Holies, e.g., burning the incense and sprinkling the blood, which are the essential services of the day, and it teaches **that if** the High Priest **performed** one of the **actions before another,** i.e., not in the proper order, **he has done nothing.**


###### Zevachim 40a:12
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אֲבָל דְּבָרִים הַנַּעֲשִׂים בְּבִגְדֵי לָבָן בַּחוּץ, הִקְדִּים מַעֲשֶׂה לַחֲבֵירוֹ – מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה עָשׂוּי; אֵימָא מִדִּכְסִידְרָן לָא מְעַכְּבִי, הַזָּאוֹת נָמֵי לָא מְעַכְּבִי; קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But** with regard to **those actions performed in white garments outside,** in the Sanctuary, if he **performed** one **action before another, what he did is done** and he is not required to repeat the rite. Consequently, one might **say** that **from** the fact **that their order is not indispensable,** it may be derived that the **sprinklings,** i.e., placements, **themselves are also not indispensable.** Therefore, the term “with the bull” **teaches us** that the placements are indeed indispensable.


###### Zevachim 40a:13
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב פָּפָּא: וּמִי מָצֵית אָמְרַתְּ הָכִי?! וְהָתַנְיָא: ״וְכִלָּה מִכַּפֵּר אֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ״ – אִם כִּיפֵּר כִּילָּה, וְאִם לֹא כִּיפֵּר לֹא כִּילָּה. דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa objects to this: And how can you say this,** that Rabbi Yehuda derives from here that the placements are indispensable? **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: The verse discussing the Yom Kippur service states: **“And when he has finished atoning for the Sanctuary”** (Leviticus 16:20). This indicates that **if he performed the atonement,** i.e., the sprinklings, inside the Sanctuary, **he has finished** the order of the service, even though he has not poured the remainder of the blood on the base of the altar; **and if he did not perform the atonement, he has not finished;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Akiva.**


###### Zevachim 40a:14
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אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, מִפְּנֵי מָה לֹא נֹאמַר: אִם כִּילָּה כִּיפֵּר, וְאִם לֹא כִּילָּה לֹא כִּיפֵּר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda said to him: For what** reason **do we not say: If he finished** the entire service, which includes sprinkling the blood in the Sanctuary and pouring the remainder of the blood onto the base of the altar, **he has facilitated atonement; and if he did not finish, he has not facilitated atonement?** This indicates that Rabbi Yehuda derives from this verse the *halakha* that the sprinklings in the Sanctuary are indispensable.


###### Zevachim 40a:15
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אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: לֹא נִצְרְכָא אֶלָּא לְאֶת (דם) [בְּדָם] וּבִטְבִילָה. ״אֶת״ – אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב: לֹא נִצְרְכָא לְהַכְשִׁיר

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa says:** This reference to the bull of Yom Kippur in the term “with the bull,” **is necessary only to** apply to the bull of Yom Kippur three *halakhot* that are derived from that which is stated with regard to the bull for an unwitting sin of the anointed priest: “And the priest shall immerse his finger [*et etzba’o*] in the blood” (Leviticus 4:6). These *halakhot* can be summarized in the shortened form: ***Et*, blood, and with immersion.** The Gemara elaborates: With regard to the word ***et*, Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov says:** This word **is necessary only to render fit**