Commentary for Zevachim 185:17

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And R'Akiba?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How does he explain the second limitation?');">²⁶</span> - 'Thereof' excludes terumah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If terumah is boiled in a pot, it does not need scouring and rinsing.');">²⁷</span> R'Simeon, however, is consistent with his view, for he maintained: Lesser sacrifices do not necessitate scouring and rinsing, and how much the more terumah!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence no limitation is required in respect of terumah.');">²⁸</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF [BLOOD] SPURTED [DIRECT] FROM THE [ANIMAL'S] THROAT ON TO A GARMENT, IT DOES NOT NECESSITATE WASHING; FROM THE HORN OR FROM THE BASE [OF THE ALTAR], IT DOES NOT NECESSITATE WASHING. IF IT POURED OUT ON TO THE PAVEMENT AND [THE PRIEST] COLLECTED IT, IT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The garment on which it fell.');">²⁹</span> DOES NOT NEED WASHING. ONLY BLOOD WHICH WAS RECEIVED IN A VESSEL AND IS FIT FOR SPRINKLING NECESSITATES WASHING. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Our Rabbis taught: You might think that, if [the blood] spurted from the throat on to the garment, it necessitates washing; therefore it states, 'and when there is sprinkled [etc.]': I ordered thee [to wash the garment] only when [the blood] is fit for sprinkling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., received in a vessel.');">³⁰</span> Another [Baraitha] taught: You might think that, if it spurted from the horn or from the base, it requires washing, therefore it states, 'and when there shall be sprinkled': that excludes this [blood], which was already sprinkled. IF IT POURED OUT ON TO THE PAVEMENT etc.

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