Commentary for Pesachim 124:4

מתיב רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע הפסח שעברה שנתו ושחטו בזמנו לשמו וכן השוחט אחרים לשם פסח בזמנו ר"א פוסל ורבי יהושע מכשיר

for its own purpose;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. as a Passover offering. Thus he killed a peace-offering as a Passover sacrifice.');">⁵</span> and similarly, when a man kills other [sacrifices] as a Passover offering in its [own] time, - R'Eliezer disqualifies [it];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He infers this a minori: if an animal set aside for the Passover offering is disqualified if slaughtered in its time (on the eve of Passover) as a peace-offering, though if left until after Passover it must be offered as such; then how much the more is a peace-offering disqualified if killed on the eve of Passover as a Passover offering, seeing that if left over and not brought as a peace-offering at the time appointed for same, it cannot be brought as a Passover offering on Passover eve.');">⁶</span> while R'Joshua declares it fit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For all sacrifices, except the Passover offering and the sin-offering, if sacrificed for another purpose, are fit. He too argues a minori: if during the rest of the year, when it is disqualified if slaughtered in its own' name (Sc. as a Passover sacrifice) , yet if others (i.e., peace-offerings) are slaughtered in its name they are fit (in accordance with the general rule stated at the beginning of this note) ; then in its own time, when it is of course fit if slaughtered in its own name, how much the more are others fit if killed in its name!');">⁷</span>

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