Meilah 3

Chapter 3

א מתני׳ <big>קדשים</big> ששחטן בדרום מועלין בהן שחטן בדרום וקיבל דמן בצפון בצפון וקיבל דמן בדרום

1 <big>MISHNAH: </big>IF THE MOST HOLY SACRIFICES<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., burnt-offerings, sin-offerings, guilt-offerings and communal peace offerings. They are considered wholly the 'possession of God' until their blood is sprinkled (Tosaf.) .');">1 WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE [OF THE ALTAR].2

ב שחט ביום וזרק בלילה בלילה וזרק ביום או ששחטן חוץ לזמנו וחוץ למקומו מועלין בהן

ג כלל א"ר יהושע כל שהיה לה שעת היתר לכהנים אין מועלין בה וכל שלא היה לה שעת היתר לכהנים מועלין בה

3 THE LAW OF SACRILEGE3 [STILL] APPLIES TO THEM.

ד איזו היא שהיה לה שעת היתר לכהנים שלנה ושנטמאה ושיצאה

4 IF THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEIR BLOOD RECEIVED ON THE NORTH OR [SLAUGHTERED] ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEIR BLOOD RECEIVED ON THE SOUTH, OR IF THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED BY DAY AND [THEIR BLOOD] SPRINKLED DURING THE NIGHT4 OR [SLAUGHTERED] DURING THE NIGHT AND [THEIR BLOOD] SPRINKLED BY DAY,5

ה ואיזו היא שלא היה לה שעת היתר לכהנים שנשחטה חוץ לזמנה חוץ למקומה ושקיבלו פסולין וזרקו את דמה

5 OR IF THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED [WITH THE INTENTION OF EATING THE FLESH] BEYOND ITS PROPER TIME OR OUTSIDE ITS PROPER PLACE,6 THE LAW OF SACRILEGE STILL APPLIES TO THEM.

ו <big>גמ׳</big> קתני קדשי קדשים ששחטן בדרום מועלין בהן פשיטא משום דשחיטתן בדרום אפיקינון מידי מעילה

6 R'JOSHUA LAID DOWN THE GENERAL RULE: WHATEVER HAS AT SOME TIME BEEN PERMITTED TO THE PRIESTS DOES NOT COME UNDER THE LAW OF SACRILEGE,7 AND WHATEVER HAS AT NO TIME BEEN PERMITTED TO THE PRIESTS DOES COME UNDER THE LAW OF SACRILEGE. WHICH IS THAT WHICH HAS AT SOME TIME BEEN PERMITTED TO THE PRIESTS? [SACRIFICES] WHICH REMAINED OVERNIGHT8

ז איצטריך סד"א הואיל ואמר עולא א"ר יוחנן קדשים שמתו יצאו מידי מעילה דבר תורה ה"נ קדשי קדשים לגבי דרום כמה דחנקינון דמי

7 OR BECAME DEFILED OR WERE TAKEN OUT [OF THE TEMPLE COURT].9 WHICH IS THAT WHICH HAS AT NO TIME BEEN PERMITTED TO THE PRIESTS?

ח קמ"ל קדשים שמתו לא חזו כלל אבל דרום נהי דאינו ראוי לקדשי קדשים אבל ראוי הוא לקדשים קלים

8 [SACRIFICES] THAT WERE SLAUGHTERED [WHILE PURPOSING AN ACT] BEYOND ITS PROPER TIME OR OUTSIDE ITS PROPER PLACE, OR THE BLOOD OF WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE UNFIT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Priests who have a blemish, or who are unclean (in case of private sacrifices) , v. Rashi. In these three latter cases the offerings were never valid and as such never became permissible to the priests.');">10 AND THEY SPRINKLED IT.11

ט ל"ל למיתני כל הני

9 <big>GEMARA: </big>It is stated: IF THE MOST HOLY SACRIFICES WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE LAW OF SACRILEGE [STILL] APPLIES TO THEM.

י צריכי אי תנא שחטן בדרום וקיבל דמן בצפון הכא דאית בהו מעילה משום דקבלה בצפון הוא אבל שחטן בצפון וקיבל דמן בדרום הואיל וקיבל בדרום הוא נפיק מידי מעילה

10 Is this not obvious? Should the Law of Sacrilege cease to apply to them merely because they were slaughtered on the south side?12

יא ואי תנא האי ה"א יממא זמן הקרבה הוא אבל שחטה בלילה וזרק ביום לילה לאו זמן הקרבה והאי דשחט בלילה [אימא] דנפיק מידי מעילה

11 - It need be stated, for it might otherwise have entered your mind to say: Since 'Ulla said in the name of R'Johanan13 that 'sacrifices which died were, as far as the law of the Torah rules,14

יב ואי תנא שחטה בלילה ה"א הואיל וקבל דמה ביום אית בה מעילה אבל שחטן ביום וזרק דמן בלילה הואיל ולאו זמן הקרבה הוא כמאן דחנקינון דמי ולא אית בהו מעילה קמשמע לן

12 excluded from the Law of Sacrilege', so were also Most Holy sacrifices when slaughtered on the south side considered as if they were strangled. It is therefore made known to us [that the instance of the Mishnah is different, for] sacrifices which died are in no case of any avail,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prescribed manner of slaughtering allows no exception. It is & more rigid rule than that which prescribes the south side, and its non-fulfillment deprives the sacrifice of its sacred character.');">15 while the south side, though it is not the proper place for Most Holy sacrifices, is, however, the proper place for sacrifices of a minor degree of holiness.16

יג חוץ לזמנו וחוץ למקומו למאי חזו

13 Why was it necessary to enumerate [in the Mishnah all those cases]? - It was necessary, for if only SLAUGHTERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEIR BLOOD RECEIVED ON THE NORTH were stated, [I would argue:] The law of Sacrilege still applies to [the sacrifices in] this case, because the receiv [of the blood]17 was after all on the north side, but in the case where they were SLAUGHTERED ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEIR BLOOD RECEIVED ON THE SOUTH, since [the blood] was received on the south side, [I Would say that] the Law of Sacrilege no longer applies to them.

יד הואיל ומרצין לפיגולין

14 And if only these [first two instances] were stated, I would argue: [The law of Sacrilege still applies to them, because in these cases the sacrifices were at least offered during the day and] the day is the proper time for offering; in the case, however, where they were SLAUGHTERED BY NIGHT AND [THEIR BLOOD] SPRINKLED DURING THE DAY, since night is not the proper time for offering and the sacrifices were slaughtered by night, I might have thought that the Law of Sacrilege would no longer apply to them. And if SLAUGHTERED BY NIGHT [AND THEIR BLOOD SPRINKLED DURING THE DAY] were stated18 I would argue: The Law of Sacrilege still applies to them, because the blood was received during the day. In the case, however, where they were SLAUGHTERED DURING THE DAY AND THEIR BLOOD SPRINKLED BY NIGHT,19 since it is not the proper time for offering,20 the sacrifices are to be considered as if strangled, and the Law of Sacrilege would accordingly not apply to them; therefore [also this instance] has been made known to us. IF SLAUGHTERED [WITH THE INTENTION OF EATING THE FLESH] BEYOND ITS PROPER TIME OR OUTSIDE ITS PROPER PLACE. Of what avail are such sacrifices?21 - [The Law of Sacrilege still applies to them] because [the performance of] the other acts of offering22 [is yet necessary]23 for rendering the sacrifices piggul.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' lit., 'abomination'; sacrificial flesh which has lost its sacred character in consequence of an improper intention in the mind of the officiating priest. v. Zeb. 28b.');">24

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