## Zevachim Daf 63b

###### Zevachim 63b:1
[Zevachim 63b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/63b:1)

וּמַקִּיפִין וְיוֹרְדִין דֶּרֶךְ שְׂמֹאל; חוּץ מִן הָעוֹלֶה לִשְׁלֹשָׁה אֵלּוּ – שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹלִין וְיוֹרְדִין עַל הֶעָקֵב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and circle** the altar until reaching the southwest corner **and descend via** the **left** side of the ramp, **except for one who ascends for** one of **these three matters, where they would ascend** directly to the southwest corner of the altar, **and descend** by turning **on** their **heels** and retracing the path by which they ascended rather than circling the altar.


###### Zevachim 63b:2
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**גְּמָ׳** מְנָא הָנֵי מִילֵּי? אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, אָמַר קְרָא: ״לֹא יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא יִתֵּן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה כִּי חַטָּאת הִיא״ – חַטָּאת קְרוּיָה מִנְחָה, וּמִנְחָה קְרוּיָה חַטָּאת;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks a question about the mishna’s statement that the sacrificial rite of a bird sin offering is performed at the southwest corner of the altar: **From where are these matters** derived? **Rabbi Yehoshua says: The verse states** with regard to the sin offering of a destitute sinner, which is a meal offering brought in lieu of an animal or bird: **“He shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it; for it is a sin offering”** (Leviticus 5:11). From this verse it is evident that **a sin offering is called a meal offering and a meal offering is called a sin offering,** so that their *halakhot* may be compared.


###### Zevachim 63b:3
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מָה חַטָּאת טְעוּנָה צָפוֹן – אַף מִנְחָה טְעוּנָה צָפוֹן, וּמָה מִנְחָה בְּקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית – אַף חַטָּאת בְּקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Just as a sin offering requires** slaughtering in the **north** section of the Temple courtyard, **so too,** the handful of **a meal offering requires** sanctification in a service vessel in the **north. And just as a meal offering** is brought near **to** the **southwest corner** of the altar, **so too,** the blood of **a sin offering** is sprinkled **on** the **southwest corner** of the altar.


###### Zevachim 63b:4
[Zevachim 63b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/63b:4)

וּמִנְחָה גּוּפַהּ מְנָלַן? דְּתַנְיָא: ״לִפְנֵי ה׳״ – יָכוֹל בַּמַּעֲרָב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אֶל פְּנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** with regard to **a meal offering itself, from where do we** derive that it must be brought near the altar at the southwest corner? **As it is taught** in a *baraita* with regard to the verse: “And this is the law of the meal offering…**before the Lord,** in front of the altar” (Leviticus 6:7). From the phrase: “Before the Lord,” one **might** have thought that the rite of bringing the meal offering near the altar must be performed **at the west** side of the altar, which faces the Sanctuary. Therefore, **the verse states: “In front of the altar,”** which is its south side, from where the priests ascend the ramp.


###### Zevachim 63b:5
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אִי ״אֶל פְּנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״ – יָכוֹל בַּדָּרוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״לִפְנֵי ה׳״. הָא כֵּיצַד? מַגִּישָׁהּ בְּקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית כְּנֶגֶד חוּדָּהּ שֶׁל קֶרֶן, וְדַיּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **If** the verse merely stated: **“In front of the altar,”** one **might** have thought that the practice of bringing the meal offering near the altar must be performed **at the south** side of the altar. Therefore, **the verse states: “Before the Lord,”** which indicates the west side. **How** can **these** texts be reconciled? The priest **brings it near at** the **southwest corner** of the altar, **opposite the edge of** the **corner** of the altar, **and** that is **sufficient.**


###### Zevachim 63b:6
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רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל יַגִּישֶׁנָּה לְמַעֲרָבָהּ שֶׁל קֶרֶן אוֹ לִדְרוֹמָהּ שֶׁל קֶרֶן? אָמַרְתָּ: כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא שְׁנֵי מִקְרָאוֹת, אֶחָד מְקַיֵּים עַצְמוֹ וּמְקַיֵּים חֲבֵירוֹ, וְאֶחָד מְקַיֵּים עַצְמוֹ וּמְבַטֵּל חֲבֵירוֹ – מַנִּיחִין זֶה שֶׁמְּקַיֵּים עַצְמוֹ וּמְבַטֵּל חֲבֵירוֹ, וְתוֹפְשִׂין אֶת שֶׁמְּקַיֵּים עַצְמוֹ וּמְקַיֵּים חֲבֵירוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **Rabbi Eliezer says:** One **might** have thought that the priest may **bring it near** the altar **to the west of** the southwest **corner or to the south of** the southwest **corner. You** must **say: Anywhere you find two verses,** and acting in accordance with **one** of them **fulfills itself,** i.e., the requirement stated in that verse, **and fulfills the** requirement stated in the **other** verse, whereas acting in accordance with the other **one** of them **fulfills itself and negates the** requirement stated in the **other** verse, **one leaves the** verse **that fulfills itself and negates the other, and seizes** the verse **that fulfills itself and fulfills the other** verse as well.


###### Zevachim 63b:7
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כְּשֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר ״אֶל פְּנֵי ה׳״ בַּמַּעֲרָב, הֵיכָן קִיַּימְתָּ ״אֶל פְּנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״? וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר ״אֶל פְּנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״ בַּדָּרוֹם, קִיַּימְתָּ ״לִפְנֵי ה׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: In this context, **when you say: “Before the Lord,”** which indicates that the meal offering should be brought near the altar **at the west** side of the altar, **how have you fulfilled** the other part of the verse: **“In front of the altar,”** which indicates the south side? **But when you say: “In front of the altar,”** and bring it near the altar **at the south** side, **you have** also **fulfilled** the phrase: **“Before the Lord.”** Consequently, the meal offering must be brought near the south side of the altar.


###### Zevachim 63b:8
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בַּדָּרוֹם הֵיכָן קִיַּימְתָּ? אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: קָסָבַר הַאי תַּנָּא, כּוּלֵּיהּ מִזְבֵּחַ בַּצָּפוֹן קָאֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: If one brought the meal offering near the altar **at the south** side, **how have you fulfilled** the phrase: “Before the Lord”? **Rav Ashi says: This *tanna* holds** that **the entire altar stood in the north** section of the Temple courtyard. The southern side of the altar was directly aligned with the midpoint of the Temple courtyard, directly opposite the entrance of the Sanctuary, and therefore it is considered “before the Lord.”


###### Zevachim 63b:9
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בְּכׇל מָקוֹם הָיְתָה כְּשֵׁירָה [וְכוּ׳]. מַאי קָאָמַר? אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי, הָכִי קָאָמַר: בְּכׇל מָקוֹם הָיְתָה כְּשֵׁירָה לִמְלִיקָתָהּ, אֶלָּא זֶה הָיָה מְקוֹמָהּ לְהַזָּאָתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that if the sacrificial rite of a bird sin offering was performed **in any place** on the altar, the offering is **valid,** but the southwest corner was its designated place. The Gemara asks: **What is** the mishna **saying** when it states that the southwest corner was its designated place? The mishna already stated that the sacrificial rite of a bird sin offering should be performed at the southwest corner. **Rav Ashi said: This** is what the mishna **is saying: Any place was valid for its pinching, but** the southwest corner **was the place for** the **sprinkling** of **its** blood.


###### Zevachim 63b:10
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תְּנֵינָא לְהָא דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: מְלָקָהּ בְּכׇל מָקוֹם בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ – כְּשֵׁירָה. הִיזָּה דָּמָהּ בְּכׇל מָקוֹם – כְּשֵׁירָה, הִיזָּה וְלֹא מִיצָּה – כְּשֵׁירָה; וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיִּתֵּן מִחוּט הַסִּיקְרָא וּלְמַטָּה מִדַּם הַנֶּפֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **We learn** in this mishna **that which the Sages taught** explicitly in a *baraita* with regard to a bird sin offering: If the priest **pinched its** nape **in any place on the altar,** it is **valid.** If **he sprinkled its blood in any place** on the altar, it is **valid.** If **he sprinkled** the blood, **but did not squeeze out** the remaining blood upon the lower part of the wall of the altar, in accordance with the verse: “And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be squeezed out at the base of the altar” (Leviticus 5:9), it is nevertheless **valid, provided that he places** some **of the blood of the soul** anywhere on the altar **from the red line and below.**


###### Zevachim 63b:11
[Zevachim 63b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/63b:11)

מַאי קָאָמַר? הָכִי קָאָמַר: מְלָקָהּ בְּכׇל מָקוֹם בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ – כְּשֵׁירָה. מִיצָּה דָּמָהּ בְּכׇל מָקוֹם בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ – כְּשֵׁירָה,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the *baraita* **saying?** It first states that the offering is valid no matter where on the altar its blood is sprinkled, and it then states that blood must be placed specifically below the red line. The Gemara answers: **This** is what the *baraita* **is saying:** If **he pinched its** nape **in any place on the altar,** it is **valid.** If **he squeezed out its blood in any place on the altar,** it is **valid,**