Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Sotah 29

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ומקטירו בכלי שרת בכלי שרת מקטיר ליה אלא אימא מעלהו בכלי שרת להקטירו

and fumigates it in a ministering vessel'. He fumigates it in a ministering vessel' [you say]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Surely the fumigation does not take place at this stage! Rashi deletes the words 'in a ministering vessel', as the question is concerned only with the act of fumigation]. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>

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ומולחו ונותנו על גבי האישים דכתיב (ויקרא ב, יג) וכל קרבן מנחתך במלח תמלח וגו'

— The correct version is: and sets it upon the altar in a ministering vessel to fumigate it.

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קרב הקומץ שיריה נאכלין מנלן דכתיב (ויקרא ב, ב) והקטיר הכהן את אזכרתה וגו' וכתיב (ויקרא ב, ג) והנותרת מן המנחה לאהרן ולבניו

He next salts [the handful of flour] and sets it upon the fire'; for it is written: And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. II, 13. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>

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קרב הקומץ למר כדאית ליה ולמר כדאית ליה דאיתמר הקומץ מאימתי מתיר שיריים באכילה רבי חנינא אמר משתשלוט בו האור רבי יוחנן אמר משתיצת האור ברובו

'When the handful has been offered, the remainder may be eaten'. Whence is this? — For it is written: And the priest shall burn the memorial of it etc.,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 16. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

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ורשאין הכהנים ליתן לתוכו יין ושמן ודבש מאי טעמא אמר קרא למשחה לגדולה כדרך שהמלכים אוכלין

and it is written: And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 10. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>

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ואין אסורין אלא מלחמץ דכתיב (ויקרא ו, י) לא תאפה חמץ חלקם א"ר שמעון בן לקיש אפילו חלקם לא תאפה חמץ

'When the handful has been offered etc.' — this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning of the term offered used in this connection. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>

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כל המנחות כו' וכל המנחות טעונות שמן ולבונה והאיכא מנחת חוטא דרחמנא אמר (ויקרא ה, יא) לא ישים עליה שמן ולא יתן עליה לבונה

is differently explained by two teachers; for it has been reported: From what time does the taking of the 'handful' render the eating of the remainder permissible? R. Hanina says: When the fire takes hold of it; R. Johanan said: When the fire burns the greater part of it. 'And the priests are allowed to mix it with wine, oil and honey' — for what reason? The text states: By reason of the anointing,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 8. Anointing occurred at the induction of a priest and a king. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>

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הכי קאמר כל המנחות טעונות שמן ולבונה ובאות מן החיטין ובאות סלת מנחת חוטא אף על פי שאינה טעונה שמן ולבונה באה מן החטין ובאה סלת מנחת העומר אע"פ שהיא באה מן השעורין טעונה שמן ולבונה ובאה גרש וזו אינה טעונה לא שמן ולא לבונה ובאה מן השעורין ובאה קמח

i.e., as a mark of eminence, in the same manner as kings take their food. 'And are only forbidden to make it leaven'; for it is written: It shall not be baked with leaven, their portion<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 10. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>

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תניא אמר ר"ש בדין הוא שתהא מנחת חוטא טעונה שמן ולבונה שלא יהא חוטא נשכר ומפני מה אינה טעונה שלא יהא קרבנו מהודר

— R. Simeon b. Lakish says: [It means] that even their portion must not be baked with leaven.

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ובדין הוא שתהא חטאת חלב טעונה נסכים שלא יהא חוטא נשכר ומפני מה אינה טעונה שלא יהא קרבנו מהודר

WITH ALL OTHER MEAL-OFFERINGS etc. But do all other meal-offerings<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the exception of that of the suspected woman. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>

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אבל חטאתו של מצורע ואשמו טעונין נסכים לפי שאין באין על חטא איני והאמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן על שבעה דברים נגעים באין וכו' התם מנגעיה הוא דאיכפר ליה כי מייתי קרבן לאשתרויי בקדשים הוא דקא מייתי

require oil and frankincense? Behold, there is the meal-offering of the sinner concerning which the All-Merciful said: He shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. V, 11. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>

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אלא מעתה חטאת נזיר תהא טעונה נסכים לפי שאינה באה על חטא סבר לה כרבי אלעזר הקפר דאמר נזיר נמי חוטא הוא

— This is what he intends: All other meal-offerings require oil and frankincense, and consist of wheat in the form of fine flour; but the meal-offering of the sinner, although it does not require oil and frankincense, consists of wheat in the form of fine-flour; the meal-offering of the <i>'omer</i>, although it consists of barley, requires oil and frankincense and is in the form of groats; but this one [of the suspected woman] does not require oil and frankincense, and consists of barley in the form of coarse flour.

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רבן גמליאל אומר כשם כו' תניא אמר להן רבן גמליאל לחכמים סופרים הניחו לי ואדרשנה כמין חומר

It has been taught: R. Simeon said: It is right that the meal-offering of a sinner should require oil and frankincense, so that a sinner should not gain;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By being spared the cost of these ingredients. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> why, then, are they not required? That his offering should not be luxurious. It is also right that an ordinary sin-offering<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'sin-offering of (forbidden) fat', because the words ye shall eat neither fat nor blood (Lev. III, 16) are followed by Chap. IV which deals with the sin-offering. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> should require drink-offerings, so that a sinner should not gain; why, then, are they not required? That his offering should not be luxurious. The sin-offering of a leper, however, and his trespass-offering do require drink-offerings because they are not due to sin. But that is not so; for, behold R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: On account of seven faults does the plague of leprosy occur etc.!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Enumerated in 'Ar. 16a, v. Shebu. 8a. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> — In this case he received atonement [of his sin] by the plague<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Suffering, according to the Rabbis, is a means of atonement. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> he suffered; and when he brings an offering, it is only to allow him to participate in what is holy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The offerings were purificatory in their intention, and unlike an ordinary sin-offering, which is brought in expiation. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> According to this conclusion, the sin-offering of a Nazirite should require drink-offerings, since it is not due to a sin! He holds with R. Eliezer ha-Kappar who said: A Nazirite is also a sinner.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he abstained from wine. V. Naz. 22a. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> RABBAN GAMALIEL SAYS, AS etc. It has been taught: Rabban Gamaliel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Apparently Gamaliel III, the son of R. Judah ha-Nasi, a contemporary of R. Meir; v. Chayes. Z.H., notes; and Lauterbach, JQR (N.S.), I, p. 514, where the whole passage is discussed. V. also Wahrmann, Untersuchungen, I, p. 26ff.] ');"><sup>16</sup></span> said to the Sages: Learned men, permit me to explain this allegorically.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] For the term here used, v. Lauterbach op. cit. I 291ff., 503ff, especially p. 509 and Kid. 22b. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>

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