Chullin 77

Chapter 77

א לא ילפינן ואתא רבי אליעזר למימר

1 whereas R'Eliezer holds that we may draw this inference - outside services from inside services.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that by analogy, even in the case of acts performed outside the Temple, the owner should be in the position to affect by his wrongful intention the act of another. k" car');"="">1

ב ילפינן חוץ מפנים ואתא רבי יוסי למימר

2 And R'Jose comes to say that even as regards acts performed inside we do not hold that one man's wrongful intention should affect another's acts.

ג אפילו בפנים נמי זה מחשב וזה עובד לא אמרינן

3 It was reported: If one slaughtered a beast with the intention [expressed during the slaughtering] of sprinkling the blood or burning the fat unto idols, R'Johanan says.

ד אתמר

4 The beast is forbidden for all purposes; Resh Lakish says.

ה השוחט את הבהמה לזרוק דמה לעבודת כוכבים ולהקטיר חלבה לעבודת כוכבים רבי יוחנן אמר

5 It is permitted.2

ו פסולה ר"ש בן לקיש אמר

6 R'Johanan says it is forbidden', because he accepts the principle: 'a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service is of consequence [even in connection with idolatry]', for one must draw an analogy between acts performed inside<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., temple service. As to sacrifices it is established that if one, whilst performing one act of the sacrifice, expressed a wrongful intention in relation to another act thereof, the sacrifice would be invalid. E.g., if a person, whilst slaughtering the sacrifice, expressed the intention, of sprinkling the blood after the time prescribed for it, the sacrifice is piggul. kudp');">3

ז מותרת

7 and acts performed outside.'

ח רבי יוחנן אמר פסולה מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה וילפינן חוץ מפנים

8 Resh Lakish says: it is permitted', because he does not accept the principle, 'a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service is of consequence [in the case of idolatry]', for one must not draw any analogy between acts performed inside and acts performed outside.

ט ריש לקיש אמר מותרת אין מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה ולא גמרינן חוץ מפנים

9 Now they are consistent in their views, for it was also reported: If one slaughtered [a sin-offering] under its own name with the intention [expressed at the time of slaughtering] of sprinkling the blood under the name of another sacrifice, R'Johanan says, it is invalid; Resh Lakish says.

י ואזדו לטעמייהו דאתמר

10 It is valid.

יא שחטה לשמה לזרוק דמה שלא לשמה רבי יוחנן אמר

11 R'Johanan says it is inva because he accepts the principle, 'a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service is of consequence', [even in this case], for we derive it from the case of piggul.4

יב פסולה ר"ש בן לקיש אמר

12 'Resh Lakish says it is valid', because he does not accept [in this case] the principle, 'a wrongful Intention expressed during one service with regard to another service is of consequence' for we may not derive it from the case of piggul.

יג כשרה

13 And it was necessary [for both disputes to be reported].

יד רבי יוחנן אמר פסולה מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה וגמרינן ממחשבת פיגול

14 For if this dispute5

טו ר"ש בן לקיש אמר כשרה אין מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה ולא גמרינן ממחשבת פיגול

15 only was reported.

טז וצריכא דאי איתמר בהא בהא קאמר ר"ש בן לקיש משום דחוץ מפנים לא ילפינן אבל פנים מפנים אימא מודי ליה לרבי יוחנן

16 I should have said that only here does Resh Lakish maintain his view, because we must not draw an inference as to acts performed outside from acts performed inside, but where each is a service performed inside he would no doubt concur with R'Johanan [that we derive one from the other].

יז ואי אתמר בהך בההיא קאמר רבי יוחנן אבל בהא אימא מודי ליה לר"ש בן לקיש צריכא

17 And if the other dispute6

יח מתיב רב ששת

18 only was reported, I should have said that only there does R'Johanan maintain his view, but in this case he would no doubt concur with Resh Lakish.

יט א"ר יוסי ק"ו הדברים

19 It was therefore necessary [that both disputes be reported].

כ ומה במקום שמחשבה פוסלת במוקדשין אין הכל הולך אלא אחר העובד מקום שאין מחשבה פוסלת בחולין אינו דין שלא יהא הכל הולך אלא אחר השוחט

20 R'Shesheth raised an objection.

כא מאי אין מחשבה פוסלת בחולין

21 We have learnt: R'JOSE EXCLAIMED, IS THERE NOT HERE AN A FORTIORI ARGUMENT?

כב אילימא דלא פסלה כלל אלא זביחה דעבודת כוכבים דמיתסרא היכי משכחת לה

22 FOR IF IN THE CASE OF CONSECRATED ANIMALS, WHERE A WRONGFUL INTENTION CAN RENDER INVALID, IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT EVERYTHING DEPENDS SOLELY UPON THE INTENTION OF HIM WHO PERFORMS THE SERVICE.

כג אלא פשיטא מעבודה לעבודה וה"ק

23 HOW MUCH MORE IN THE CASE OF UNCONSECRATED ANIMALS, WHERE A WRONGFUL INTENTION CANNOT RENDER INVALID.

כד ומה במקום שמחשבה פוסלת במוקדשין מעבודה לעבודה אין הכל הולך אלא אחר העובד מקום שאין מחשבה פוסלת בחולין מעבודה לעבודה אלא באותה עבודה אינו דין שלא יהא הכל הולך אלא אחר השוחט

24 DOES EVERYTHING DEPEND SOLELY UPON THE INTENTION OF HIM WHO SLAUGHTERS! Now what is meant by the assertion that in the case of unconsecrated animals a wrongful intention will not render invalid?

כה פנים קשיא לר"ש בן לקיש חוץ קשיא לרבי יוחנן

25 Shall I say it means that in no wise will it render invalid?

כו בשלמא פנים לר"ש בן לקיש לא קשיא הא מקמי דשמעה מרבי יוחנן הא לבתר דשמעה מרבי יוחנן אלא חוץ קשיא לרבי יוחנן

26 Then how is it possible for the prohibitio of that which has been slaughtered to idols ever to take effect?7

כז הוא מותיב לה והוא מפרק לה

27 Obviously it means a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service, and the Mishnah is to be interpreted thus: 'If in the case of consecrated animals, where a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service renders them invalid, it is established that everything depends solely upon the intention of him who performs the service, how much more in the case of unconsecrated animals, where a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service does not render them invalid, does everything depend solely upon the intention of him who slaughters'! Now the assertion with regard to services performed inside [namely, consecrated animals] contradicts Resh Lakish,8

כח בארבע עבודות וה"ק

28 and the assertion with regard to services performed outside [namely, unconsecrated animals] contradicts R'Johanan.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the Mishnah states that in the case of unconsecrated animals a wrongful intention expressed during one service with regard to another service does not render it invalid; contra R. Johanan.');">9

כט ומה במקום שמחשבה פוסלת במוקדשין בארבע עבודות אין הכל הולך אלא אחר העובד

29 I grant however, that as far as Resh Lakish is concerned, the assertion with regard to services performed inside presents no real difficulty, for one view10 he expressed before he learnt [the interpretation of the Mishnah] from [his master]. R'Johanan, and the other after he learnt it from R'Johanan. But [the assertion with regard to] services performed outside clearly contradicts R'Johanan! - After raising this objection he [R'Shesheth] answered it thus: [The Mishnah] refers to the four principal services,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of every sacrifice, viz., slaughtering, receiving the blood, carrying it forward to the altar, and sprinkling it. If in the course of one of these services the priest intended to eat the sacrificial meat at the improper time the sacrifice is piggul (Rashi) . According to R. Gershom, Rashba and others, the meaning is: If in the course of the slaughtering he intended to perform one of the following services at the improper time, namely, to ;xuh atr receive the blood, or to carry it forward, or to sprinkle it, or to burn the fat, the sacrifice is piggul. V. ad loc.');">11 and the passage must be read as follows: If in the case of consecrated animals, where a wrongful intention12 expressed in the course of any one of the four principal services renders them invalid, it is established that everything depends solely upon the intention of him who performs the service,

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