Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 238:26

בעי רבי זירא עולת במת יחיד

before the Lord, and he shall lay his hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 3f. 'Before the Lord' implies at a public place of sacrifice; similarly the others.');">¹⁷</span> Slaughtering in the north, because it is written, [And he shall kill it on the side of the altar] northward before the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid., 11.');">¹⁸</span> [Blood] applications round about [the altar], because it is written, And he shall sprinkle the blood round about the altar [that is at the door of the tent of meeting].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 5. Hence 'round about' is required only at 'tent of meeting', I.e., at a public altar.');">¹⁹</span> Waving, because it is written, To wave it for a wave-offering before the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. X, 15.');">²⁰</span> Presenting, because it is written, The sons of Aaron shall present it before the Lord, in front of the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VI, 7. This is the reading according to Rashi.');">²¹</span> R'JUDAH MAINTAINED: THERE WERE NO MEAL-OFFERINGS AT THE BAMAH. R'Shesheth said: On the view that there were no meal-offerings at the bamah, there were no bird [-offerings] [either]; on the view that there were meal-offerings at the bamah there were bird [-offerings] [also]. What is the reason? - [And sacrifice them for] sacrifices [zebahim]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVII, 5. (10) Zebahim denotes sacrifices that are slaughtered (with shechitah) . If, then, the word excludes meal-offerings, ipso facto it excludes bird-offerings, since these were killed with melikah, not shechitah.');">²²</span> 'zebahim', but not meal-offerings; 'zebahim', but not bird [-offerings]. PRIESTHOOD, because it is written, And the priest shall sprinkle the blood [on the altar of the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVII, 6, excluding then a private bamah.');">²³</span> PRIESTLY VESTMENTS, because it is written, [And they - the priestly vestments-shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons.] to minister in the holy place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVIII, 43. 'In the holy place' implies a public sanctuary, but not a private one.');">²⁴</span> SERVICE VESSELS, because it is written, [The vessels of ministry], wherewith they minister in the sanctuary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. IV, 12.');">²⁵</span> A SWEET ODOUR, because it is written, A sweet savour unto the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 9.');">²⁶</span> A LINE OF DEMARCATION FOR [THE SPRINKLING OF] THE BLOOD, because it is written, That the net may reach halfway up the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVII, 5. From this verse we learn that a line of demarcation is necessary (supra 53a) ; 'the altar' is a limitation, implying only the altar in the Tabernacle, which was a public sanctuary.');">²⁷</span> THE WASHING OF HANDS AND FEET, because it is written, And when they came near unto the altar, they should wash.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XL, 32.');">²⁸</span> Rami B'Hama said: They learnt it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a line of demarcation was necessary at the public bamah.');">²⁹</span> only about sacrifices of the great bamah which were offered at the great bamah; but no demarcation was required for sacrifices of a minor bamah which were offered at the great bamah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Emended text (Sh.M. and margin) . 'Sacrifices of the great bamah . . of a minor bamah' means those which were consecrated for sacrifice at a public or at a private bamah respectively. 'No demarcation was required' - their blood could be sprinkled above or below the line.');">³⁰</span> Rabbah raised an objection: [The laws of] the breast and the thigh, and the separation of the loaves of the thanksoffering, operated at the great bamah, but did not operate at a minor bamah!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 117b. This implies that these laws operated whenever a sacrifice was offered at a great bamah, even if it had been consecrated for the small bamah. The same therefore should apply to the other laws which governed the great bamah.');">³¹</span> - Say, they are operative in connection with the sacrifices of the great bamah and are not operative in connection with the sacrifices of a minor bamah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained in n. 8.');">³²</span> Others say, Rami B'Hama said: They learnt it only when the great bamah [was essential],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when private bamoth were forbidden.');">³³</span> but when minor bamoth [were permitted], even if one sacrificed at the great bamah, there was no demarcation. Rabbah raised an objection: [The laws of] the breast and the thigh and the separation of the loaves of the thanksoffering operated at the great bamah, but did not operate at a minor bamah? - Say, they operate when the great bamah [was essential], but did not operate when minor bamoth [were permitted]. Now, he disagrees with R'Eleazar, for R'Eleazar said: If one took a burnt-offering of a minor bamah within, its barriers receive it in respect of all things.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a burnt-offering which was consecrated for a private bamah was carried within the precincts of the public bamah, the barriers of the public bamah receive it, and all the laws of the public bamah apply to it. This proves that even sacrifices consecrated for a private bamah are governed by the laws of a public bamah in such circumstances. A further corollary is that the laws of the public bamah hold good at all times, whether private bamoth were permitted or forbidden. - Rashi explains here that R. Eleazar means that he took the burnt-offering within the precincts of the public bamah after it was slaughtered. His interpretation in Me'ilah 3a, however, assumes that it applies before its slaughter too.');">³⁴</span> R'Zera asked: If one took the burnt-offering of a private bamah

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