## Zevachim Daf 66a

###### Zevachim 66a:1
[Zevachim 66a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:1)

אֵין צָרִיךְ לְהַבְדִּיל. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, גַּבֵּי בוֹר דִּכְתִיב ״וְלֹא יְכַסֶּנּוּ״ – הָכִי נָמֵי דְּאֵין צָרִיךְ לְכַסּוֹת?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It means that the priest **does not have to separate** it, but not that it is prohibited to do so. **Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: If that is so,** then **with regard to a pit** in the public domain, **where it is written:** “And if a man shall open a pit…**and does not cover it”** (Exodus 21:33), can one claim that this verse **also** means **that he does not have to cover** it?


###### Zevachim 66a:2
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הָכִי הַשְׁתָּא?! הָתָם, כֵּיוָן דִּכְתִיב ״בַּעַל הַבּוֹר יְשַׁלֵּם״ – עִלָּוֵיהּ הוּא דִּרְמֵי לְכַסּוֹיֵי. אֲבָל הָכָא, מִכְּדֵי כְּתִיב ״וְהִקְרִיבוֹ״ – חָלַק הַכָּתוּב בֵּין חַטַּאת הָעוֹף לְעוֹלַת הָעוֹף;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **How can** these cases **be compared? There,** with regard to a pit, **since it is written** in the following verse: **“The owner of the pit shall pay”** (Exodus 21:34), it is evident that **it is incumbent upon him to cover** the pit. **But here, since it is written** with regard to a bird burnt offering: **“And** the priest **shall bring it** to the altar” (Leviticus 1:15), the term “it” indicates that the verse is referring only to a burnt offering, and **the verse has** thereby **differentiated between a bird sin offering and a bird burnt offering.**


###### Zevachim 66a:3
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״לֹא יַבְדִּיל״ לְמָה לִי? שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: אֵין צָרִיךְ לְהַבְדִּיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Consequently, it is obvious that whereas the priest must completely separate the head of a bird burnt offering, this is not the *halakha* with regard to a sin offering. **Why do I** need the verse to state with regard to a bird sin offering: “But **shall not separate it”** (Leviticus 5:8)? **Conclude from** this verse that it is not forbidden to separate the head of a bird sin offering from the body, but rather **one does not have to separate** it.


###### Zevachim 66a:4
[Zevachim 66a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:4)

מִיצָּה דַּם הַגּוּף. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״עוֹלָה״ – אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמִּיצָּה דַּם הַגּוּף וְלֹא מִיצָּה דַּם הָרֹאשׁ. יָכוֹל מִיצָּה דַּם הָרֹאשׁ וְלֹא מִיצָּה דַּם הַגּוּף? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״הוּא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that if the priest squeezed out the blood of the head and did not squeeze out the blood of the body, it is disqualified. If he **squeezed out** the **blood of the body** and did not squeeze out the blood of the head, the offering is valid. **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: In reference to a bird burnt offering, the verse states, seemingly unnecessarily: “It is **a burnt offering”** (Leviticus 1:17). This teaches **that even though** the priest **squeezed out the blood of the body and did not squeeze out the blood of the head,** it is valid. One **might** have thought that if the priest **squeezed out the blood of the head and did not squeeze out the blood of the body** the offering is still valid. Therefore, **the verse states: “It is.”**


###### Zevachim 66a:5
[Zevachim 66a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:5)

מַאי תַּלְמוּדָא? אָמַר רָבִינָא: מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דְּרוֹב דָּמִים בַּגּוּף שְׁכִיחִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is the** biblical **derivation** for the opinion that the offering is valid if the priest squeezed out only the blood of the body but not if he squeezed out only the blood of the head? **Ravina said:** There is no conclusive proof from the language of the verse itself, but it **stands to reason** that this is the case, **as most of the blood is found in the body,** not the head.


###### Zevachim 66a:6
[Zevachim 66a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:6)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ קׇדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים**


###### Zevachim 66a:7
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מַתְנִי' **חַטַּאת הָעוֹף** שֶׁעֲשָׂאָהּ לְמַטָּה, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה חַטָּאת, לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת — כְּשֵׁירָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If the priest **sacrificed a bird sin offering** in its designated place **below** the red line, and he sacrificed it **according to the procedure of a sin offering** with pinching, i.e., cutting from the nape with a fingernail, and sprinkling, and he sacrificed it **for the sake of a sin offering,** the offering is **fit.** This is the manner in which a priest is to sacrifice a sin offering *ab initio*.


###### Zevachim 66a:8
[Zevachim 66a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:8)

כְּמַעֲשֵׂה חַטָּאת לְשֵׁם עוֹלָה, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָה לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָה לְשֵׁם עוֹלָה – פְּסוּלָה. עֲשָׂאָהּ לְמַעְלָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה כּוּלָּן – פְּסוּלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the priest sacrificed the bird sin offering below the red line in the middle of the altar and **according to the procedure of a sin offering,** but he sacrificed it **for the sake of a burnt offering;** or if he sacrificed it **according to the procedure of a burnt offering,** even if he sacrificed it **for the sake of a sin offering;** or if he sacrificed it **according to the procedure of a burnt offering for the sake of a burnt offering;** in all these cases the sin offering is **disqualified.** If **one sacrificed** a bird sin offering **above** the red line **according to the procedure of any of** the offerings, it is **disqualified,** because he did not sacrifice it in its designated place.


###### Zevachim 66a:9
[Zevachim 66a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:9)

עוֹלַת הָעוֹף שֶׁעֲשָׂאָהּ לְמַעְלָה; כְּמַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָה לְשֵׁם עוֹלָה – כְּשֵׁירָה. כְּמַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָה לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת – כְּשֵׁירָה, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא עָלְתָה לִבְעָלֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A bird burnt offering that one sacrificed** in its designated place **above** the red line **according to the procedure of a burnt offering** and **for the sake of a burnt offering** is **fit.** This is the manner in which a priest is to sacrifice a burnt offering *ab initio*. If he sacrificed a bird burnt offering above the red line **according to the procedure of** the **burnt offering** but **for the sake of a sin offering,** the offering is **fit, but it did not satisfy the obligation of its owner.**


###### Zevachim 66a:10
[Zevachim 66a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/66a:10)

כְּמַעֲשֵׂה חַטָּאת לְשֵׁם עוֹלָה, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה חַטָּאת לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת – פְּסוּלָה. עֲשָׂאָהּ לְמַטָּה; כְּמַעֲשֵׂה כּוּלָּן – פְּסוּלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the priest sacrificed a bird burnt offering **according to the procedure of a sin offering for the sake of a burnt offering,** or **according to the procedure of a sin offering for the sake of a sin offering,** the offering is **disqualified.** If **he sacrificed it below** the red line **according to the procedure of any of** the offerings, it is **disqualified,** because he did not sacrifice it in its designated place.