Commentary for Yoma 127:16

אלא רבי יוסי דפסח (דתנן) המפריש פסחו ואבד והפריש אחר תחתיו ואחר כך נמצא הראשון והרי שניהן עומדין איזה מהן שירצה יקרב דברי חכמים רבי יוסי אומר מצוה בראשון

- And the other one [Rab]? - He does not expound from 'bahem' instead of 'bam'. But according to Rab, granted that animals cannot be rejected for ever, if he wishes let him offer this, and if he wishes let him offer the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas the law here is stated to require only the first.');">¹⁴</span> - Raba said: Rab holds to the view of R'Jose, who said: The command attaches properly to the first. - Which [view of] R'Jose are you referring to? Shall I say, You say [the view of] R'Jose concerning the baskets, for we have been taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra ');">¹⁵</span> There were three baskets each of three se'ahs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 144 eggs.');">¹⁶</span> in which they took up terumah out of the shekel-chamber, and on each of them was inscribed: Alef, Beth, Gimel. And we have been taught: R'Jose said: Why is Alef, Beth, Gimel inscribed upon them? So that one may know out of which of them the terumah was taken up [out of the shekel-chamber] first, to use it first, for the command properly applies to the first! - But perhaps it is different there because at the time when the first is to be used, the others are not ready for use yet?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But here although the lots had been cast, the goat could not be slain until after the blood of the bullock had been sprinkled. In the interim the he-goat with it had died, two others were brought in, and when the time for slaying the goat had come, the latter was already in readiness.');">¹⁷</span> - Rather is it R'Jose['s view] concerning the Passover sacrifice, for it was taught: If someone has separated his Passover sacrifice and it is lost, and h thereupon puts aside another one in its place, and afterwards the first one is found again, so that both are standing [ready to be used], then he can offer up whichever he prefers; this is the view of the Sages. R'Jose holds the commandment attaches properly to the first,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For notes v. supra 59b.');">¹⁸</span>

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