Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Zevachim 203:24

רב אשי אמר לעולם לא תיפוך ואיצטריך סלקא דעתך אמינא

How do we know this? - Because our Rabbis taught: Every male [may eat of it]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 11, 22; VII, 6. These refer to the meal-offering, the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering respectively. The Talmud now interprets each one.');"><sup>31</sup></span> this includes men with a blemish. In which respect? If in respect of eating, surely it is said elsewhere, He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXI, 22.');"><sup>32</sup></span> Hence it means in respect of sharing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Blemished priests receive a share in their own rights.');"><sup>33</sup></span> Another [Baraitha] taught: 'Every male': this includes men with a blemish. In which respect? If in respect of eating, surely that is already stated [elsewhere]; if in respect of sharing, surely that [too] is already stated?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is deduced from the first 'every male'.');"><sup>34</sup></span> Hence [it is required] in respect of a man blemished from birth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from the beginning'. - Emended text.');"><sup>35</sup></span> For I might think: I know it only of an unblemished [priest] who became blemished; how do I know it of a man blemished from birth? Therefore it says, 'Every male'. Another [Baraitha] taught: 'Every male' includes a man with a blemish. In which respect? If in respect of eating, surely it is already stated; if in respect of sharing, surely it is already stated; if in respect of a man blemished from birth, surely it is already stated? For I might think: I know it only of a man with a permanent blemish; how do I know it of a man with a transient blemish? Therefore it says, 'Every male'. Surely this should be reversed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One would include a non-permanent blemish sooner than a permanent one.');"><sup>36</sup></span> - Said R'Shesheth: Reverse it. R'Ashi said: After all, do not reverse it, yet it is necessary. For I might argue,

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