Chullin 42

אלא מן החולין וביום ובידו הימנית אף עולת העוף אינה באה אלא מן החולין וביום ובידו הימנית

only from unconsecrated animals,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., from the common herd but not from those animals that had been purchased with Second Tithe money.');">¹</span>

אי מה להלן ברוב שנים אף כאן ברוב שנים

[must be sacrificed] by day, and [all the services in connection therewith must be performed] with the [priest's] right hand, so, too, the burnt-offering of a bird must be brought only from unconsecrated birds, must be sacrificed by day, and, [all the services in connection therewith must be performed] with the [priest's] right hand.

ת"ל

But then it should follow that just as in the former case [one has only to cut] the greater portion of both organs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For slaughtering does not require more than this, v. infra 27a.');">²</span>

(ויקרא א, טו) ומלק והקטיר מה הקטרה הראש בעצמו והגוף בעצמו אף מליקה הראש בעצמו והגוף בעצמו

so in the latter case [one has only to nip off] the greater portion of both organs?

רבי ישמעאל אומר

There is, therefore, another text which reads: And he shall nip off.

כמשפט כמשפט חטאת העוף מה חטאת העוף ממול עורף אף עולת העוף ממול עורף

and he shall burn it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 15.');">³</span>

אי מה להלן מולק ואינו מבדיל בסימן אחד אף כאן מולק ואינו מבדיל בסימן אחד

from which one can draw the following conclusion: as for the purposes of burning the head must be separate from the body,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the expression, 'And he shall burn it' is repeated in this passage (vv. 15 and 27) , indicating that there must be two separate burnings, one of the head of the bird and the other of the body.');">⁴</span>

תלמוד לומר

so, too, in nipping the head shall be made separate from the body.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., both organs must be absolutely severed. It is this opinion expressed here anonymously which has been repeatedly referred to previously as the view of the Rabbis.');">⁵</span>

(ויקרא א, ה) והקריבו

R'Ishmael says: 'According to the ordinance' means, according to the ordinance prescribed for the sin-offering of a bird; thus, as the nipping of the head of the sin-offering of a bird must be done close to the back of the neck, so, too' the nipping of the head of the burnt-offering of a bird must be done close to the back of the neck.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This inference is necessary, since the Law does not specify in the case of a freewill burnt-offering of a bird the place where the nipping must be done.');">⁶</span>

רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון אומר

But then it should follow, should it not, that as in the former case one must nip through only one organ without severing the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For in connection with the sin-offering of a bird the Torah adds: And he shall not divide it asunder (Lev. I, 17) . Therefore the priest is not allowed to nip off any more than is necessary to render the bird valid i.e., one organ.');">⁷</span>

(ויקרא ה, י) כמשפט כמשפט חטאת העוף מה להלן

so in the latter case one must nip through only one organ without severing the other? It is, therefore, written: And he shall bring it near.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The pronoun it specifically distinguishes the freewill burnt-offering of a bird from other similar sacrifices.');">⁸</span> R'Eleazar son of R'Simeon says: 'According to the ordinance' means, according to the ordinance of the sin-offering of a bird; thus, as in the latter case