## Zevachim Daf 88a

###### Zevachim 88a:1
[Zevachim 88a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:1)

חַטַּאת הָעוֹף פְּסוּלָה הֵיכִי מַזֶּה מִדָּמָהּ? הָוֵה לֵיהּ יָרוּד! שְׁאָר פְּסוּלִים הֵיכִי זָרֵיק לְהוּ מִדָּמָהּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
then with regard to the case of **a disqualified bird sin offering** that was pinched at the top of the altar, **how** does one **sprinkle from its blood** on the wall of the altar? When the priest raises the bird in his hand in order to sprinkle its blood, the bird **is** considered to have **descended** from upon the altar and he cannot sprinkle its blood, as the *halakha* with regard to all disqualified items is that once they have descended from upon the altar they shall not ascend. Likewise, concerning the blood of **other** offerings that were **disqualified** that ascended upon the altar, **how** does he **sprinkle from their blood,** since it is sprinkled from the airspace above the altar? Rather, it must be that the airspace above the altar is considered as the altar.


###### Zevachim 88a:2
[Zevachim 88a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:2)

דְּמַגַּע לְהוּ. הָא הַזָּאָה הִיא?! מִיצּוּי הִיא! הָא זְרִיקָה?! שְׁפִיכָה הִיא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this proof: It is possible that in such cases one does not sprinkle the blood in its normal fashion, but in such a manner **that he presses it** against the wall of the altar immediately without the blood passing through the air. The Gemara rejects this suggestion: **Is this** considered **sprinkling?** It **is squeezing,** an act that is performed for a bird burnt offering, not for a bird sin offering. Likewise, if one sprinkles the blood of other disqualified offerings in this manner, is **this sprinkling? It is pouring.**


###### Zevachim 88a:3
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וְעוֹד, דֶּרֶךְ הַזָּאָה בְּכָךְ?! דֶּרֶךְ זְרִיקָה בְּכָךְ?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore,** with regard to a disqualified bird burnt offering, is **the manner of sprinkling in such** a fashion? And in the case of other disqualified offerings, is **the manner of sprinkling in such** a fashion? It is not. Rather, the airspace above the altar must be considered as the altar.


###### Zevachim 88a:4
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אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: אִי דְּנָקֵט לְהוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ – הָכִי נָמֵי; כִּי קָאָמַר – דִּתְלָנְהוּ בְּקַנְיָא. מַאי? תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi said: If** the question concerns a case **where** the priest **held** the blood or limbs while standing **at the top of the altar,** they would **indeed** be considered as having ascended the altar, and shall not descend from it. But **when** the dilemma was **stated** with regard to the airspace above the altar, it was with regard to an instance **where he suspended them with a pole** above the altar, while he himself stood on the floor of the Temple courtyard. **What** is the *halakha* in such a case? The Gemara responds that the dilemma **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Zevachim 88a:5
[Zevachim 88a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:5)

**מַתְנִי׳** כְּלֵי הַלַּח מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶת הַלַּח, וּמִדּוֹת יָבֵשׁ מְקַדְּשׁוֹת אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ. אֵין כְּלִי הַלַּח מְקַדֶּשֶׁת אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ, וְלֹא יָבֵשׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הַלַּח. כְּלֵי הַקּוֹדֶשׁ שֶׁנִּיקְּבוּ, אִם עוֹשִׂין בָּהֶן מֵעֵין מְלַאכְתָּן שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂין, וְהֵן שְׁלֵימִים – מְקַדְּשִׁין, וְאִם לָאו – אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין. וְכוּלָּן אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא בַּקּוֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** The mishna elaborates on the *halakha* taught in the previous mishna (86a) that service vessels sanctify items placed in them. **The** service **vessels** used for **liquids sanctify** only **liquids** used in the service, **and** the service vessels that serve as **dry measures sanctify** only **dry** items used in the service. **The** service **vessels** used for **liquids do not sanctify dry** items, **and** the service vessels used for **dry** items **do not sanctify liquids.** With regard to **sacred vessels that were perforated, if one** continues to **utilize them** for a use **similar to the use for which they would utilize them** previously when **they** were **whole, they** continue to **sanctify** their contents. **And if not, they do not sanctify** their contents. **And all of** these vessels **sanctify** items **only** when they are **in the sacred** area, i.e., the Temple courtyard.


###### Zevachim 88a:6
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**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא מִדּוֹת, אֲבָל מִזְרָקוֹת – מְקַדְּשִׁין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** With regard to the statement of the mishna that the vessels used for liquids do not sanctify dry items, **Shmuel says:** The Sages **taught** this *halakha* **only** with regard to **measures** used for liquids, i.e., wine or oil. **But cups,** which are used for collecting the blood of offerings, **sanctify** dry items as well, **as it is stated** in the verse: “One silver cup of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; **both of them full of fine flour** mingled with oil for a meal offering” (Numbers 7:13), indicating that the cups were also fashioned for use with flour, a dry item.


###### Zevachim 88a:7
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא מִדִּיפְתִּי לְרָבִינָא: מִנְחָה לַחָה הִיא! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֹא נִצְרְכָה אֶלָּא לַיָּבֵשׁ שֶׁבָּהּ. אִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: מִנְחָה לְגַבֵּי דָּם – כְּיָבֵשׁ דָּמֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa of Difti said to Ravina:** The **meal offering** of the verse **is** also considered **a liquid,** as it is mixed with oil, and one cannot derive from it the *halakha* with regard to items that are entirely dry. Ravina **said to him:** The verse cited by Shmuel **was only necessary to** derive the *halakha* of **the dry** portions **of** a meal offering, teaching that even flour that remained dry because it did not get thoroughly mixed with the oil is sanctified by the cups as well. **If you wish, say** instead: **A meal offering,** even though it is mixed with oil, is, **in comparison to blood, considered as a dry** item. Accordingly, one can derive from the verse that the cups sanctify all dry items.


###### Zevachim 88a:8
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אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת – אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא שְׁלֵימִין, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא מְלֵאִין, אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא מִתּוֹכָן. וְאָמְרִי לָהּ: אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא שְׁלֵימִין וּמְלֵאִים וּמִבִּפְנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Additionally, **Shmuel says: Service vessels sanctify** items **only** when the vessels are **whole,** i.e., they do not have a hole; **they sanctify only full** measures, i.e., when they contain a measurement fit for offering; and **they sanctify** items **only from within them** and not items that merely touched their exterior. **And some say** there is another version of the statement of Shmuel: Service vessels **sanctify** items **only** when the vessels are **whole, and** when they contain **full** measures, **and from inside.**


###### Zevachim 88a:9
[Zevachim 88a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:9)

מַאי בֵּינַיְיהוּ? אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ בֵּירוּצֵי מִדּוֹת. בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין אֶלָּא שְׁלֵימִין, וּמְלֵאִים, וּמִתּוֹכָן, וּבִפְנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is the difference **between** these two versions? The Gemara responds: The difference **between them is** with regard to **heaping measures.** According to the first version, that service vessels sanctify only items that are within them, nothing that overflows is included. The Gemara notes that it **was taught in a *baraita*** in accordance with both versions: Service vessels **sanctify** items **only** when they are **whole, and** only **full** measurements, **and from within them, and inside.**


###### Zevachim 88a:10
[Zevachim 88a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:10)

אָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין דַּעְתּוֹ לְהוֹסִיף, אֲבָל דַּעְתּוֹ לְהוֹסִיף – רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן קוֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the *halakha* that service vessels sanctify only full measurements, **Rabbi Asi says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: They taught** this *halakha* **only when** the priest’s initial **intention** was **not to add** to that which was already placed inside the vessel. **But** if **his** initial **intention** was **to add,** then **each initial** amount placed in the vessel becomes **sacred,** no matter how small.


###### Zevachim 88a:11
[Zevachim 88a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:11)

תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: מְלֵאִין – אֵין מְלֵאִין אֶלָּא שְׁלֵימִין. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: אֵימָתַי – בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵין דַּעְתּוֹ לְהוֹסִיף; אֲבָל דַּעְתּוֹ לְהוֹסִיף – רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן קוֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**This** distinction **is also taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to the *halakha* that service vessels sanctify **full** measurements, **full** measurements are **nothing other than whole** measurements. **Rabbi Yosei said: When** are full measurements whole ones? It is **at a time that** the priest’s **intention** was **not to add. But** if **his intention** was **to add, each initial** amount is **sacred.**


###### Zevachim 88a:12
[Zevachim 88a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:12)

אֵין כְּלִי הַלַּח מְקַדֵּשׁ [וְכוּ׳]. אָמַר רַב, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב אַסִּי: אֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין לִיקְרַב, אֲבָל מְקַדְּשִׁין לִיפָּסֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that **the** service **vessels** used for **liquids do not sanctify** dry items. With regard to this *halakha*, **Rav says, and some say** that **Rav Asi** says: The service vessels used for liquids **do not sanctify** dry items to permit them **for sacrifice** upon the altar, **but they sanctify** dry items in order for the items **to be disqualified** by them, i.e., dry items placed in such vessels may be disqualified by that which disqualifies only sanctified items, e.g., if they are touched by one who immersed that day, or if they emerged from the Temple courtyard.


###### Zevachim 88a:13
[Zevachim 88a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:13)

אִיכָּא דְּמַתְנֵי לַהּ אַהָא: אֵין מְבִיאִין מְנָחוֹת וּנְסָכִים וּמִנְחַת בְּהֵמָה וּבִיכּוּרִים מִן הַמְדוּמָּע, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר מֵעׇרְלָה וְכִלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם. וְאִם הֵבִיא – לֹא קִדֵּשׁ. אָמַר רַב, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב אַסִּי: לֹא קִדֵּשׁ לִיקְרַב, אֲבָל קָדַשׁ לִיפָּסֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**There are** those **who teach this** statement **with regard to this** *halakha*: **One may not bring meal offerings, or libations, or meal offerings** accompanying **an animal, or first fruits, from a mixture** containing *teruma*, since that which may not be consumed by all Jews may not be used for an offering. **And needless to say,** one may not bring these items **from** the fruit of a tree that is ***orla*,** i.e., a tree during the first three years after its planting, from which it is prohibited to eat, **or** from **diverse kinds** sown **in a vineyard,** both of which are prohibited for consumption to priests as well. **And if he brought** an offering from them, it is **not sanctified.** With regard to this issue, **Rav says, and some say** that **Rav Asi** says: It is **not sanctified for sacrifice** upon the altar, **but** it is **sanctified** in order **to be disqualified.**


###### Zevachim 88a:14
[Zevachim 88a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:14)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: כְּלֵי קֹדֶשׁ שֶׁנִּיקְּבוּ – אֵין מַתִּיכִין אוֹתָן, וְאֵין מַתִּיכִין לְתוֹכָן אֲבָר. נִפְגְּמוּ – אֵין מְתַקְּנִין אוֹתָן. סַכִּין שֶׁנִּפְגְּמָה – אֵין מַשְׁחִיזִין אֶת פְּגִימָתָהּ. נִשְׁמְטָה – אֵין מַחְזִירִין אוֹתָהּ. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר: סַכִּין מַטְרֶפֶת הָיְתָה בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְנִמְנוּ עָלֶיהָ כֹּהֲנִים וּגְנָזוּהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ With regard to perforated vessels, **the Sages taught:** In the case of **sacred vessels that were perforated, one may not melt them** in order to seal the perforation, **and one may not melt lead into them** for such a purpose. If the vessels **were damaged, one may not repair them.** Concerning **a knife that was damaged, one may not sharpen** the spot of **its damage.** If the blade **separated** from the handle, **one may not restore it. Abba Shaul says: There was** a certain **knife in the Temple** whose metal was soft and easily damaged, such that when used it would often **render** animals **prohibited,** thereby disqualifying them. Accordingly, the **priests voted concerning it, and** elected to **hide it.**


###### Zevachim 88a:15
[Zevachim 88a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:15)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בִּגְדֵי כְהוּנָּה, אֵין עוֹשִׂין אוֹתָם מַעֲשֵׂה מַחַט אֶלָּא מַעֲשֵׂה אוֹרֵג, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״מַעֲשֵׂה אֹרֵג״. נִתְגַּעֲלוּ, אֵין מְכַבְּסִין [אוֹתָן] לֹא בְּנֶתֶר וְלֹא בְּאָהָל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught: Priestly vestments are not fashioned** by **needlework,** i.e., by stitching various parts together, but **rather** through **woven work,** whereby the entire garment is initially woven into one entity, **as it is stated: “Woven work”** (Exodus 28:32). If the garments **were soiled one may not launder** them, **neither with natron nor with soap,** two common detergents.


###### Zevachim 88a:16
[Zevachim 88a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zevachim/r/88a:16)

הָא בַּמַּיִם – מְכַבְּסִין?! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, הָכִי קָאָמַר: הוּגְּעוּ בְּמַיִם – מְכַבְּסִין אוֹתָן בְּנֶתֶר וְאָהָל;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** may it be inferred from this that **with water one may launder** the priestly vestments? **Abaye said: This** is what the *baraita* **is saying:** If the dirtied garments have only **reached** the point where laundering them **with water** alone would suffice, **one may launder them with natron and soap,** as they are not considered soiled.