Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 118:15

דאי ר"מ הא אמר תפוס לשון ראשון

OR FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE AND FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE; OR FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE AND FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one of the services was for its own sake and another was for a different purpose, in the order stated.');">²³</span> IT IS DISQUALIFIED. HOW IS 'FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE AND FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE' MEANT? IN THE NAME OF THE PASSOVER SACRIFICE [FIRST] AND [THEN] IN THE NAME OF A PEACE-OFFERING.' FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE AND FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE' [MEANS] IN THE NAME OF A PEACE-OFFERING [FIRST] AND [THEN] IN THE NAME OF THE PASSOVER-OFFERING. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>R'Papa<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashal reads: Raba.');">²⁴</span> asked: Did we learn [of a dual intention expressed even] in respect to one service,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if he declared at one of the services, e.g.,the slaughtering, that he was doing it for its own purpose and for another purpose.');">²⁵</span> or did we learn [only of a dual intention expressed] at two separate services? Did we learn [of a dual intention expressed even] in respect of one service, this being in accordance with R'Jose, who maintained, A man is responsible for<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'seized'.');">²⁶</span> his last words too;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra 53b. Hence since his last words were illegal, the sacrifice is disqualified.');">²⁷</span> for if [it agreed with] R'Meir, surely he said, Seize [i.e., determine the matter by] the first expression;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the two parts of a man's statement are mutually exclusive, regard the first only.');">²⁸</span>

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