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But do we have sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer? Since without such sprinkling one remains impure after contact with a corpse, how does it help to immerse in a mikveh? Rami bar Ḥama said to him: Shouldn’t Rav Naḥman be concerned for the opinion of the old man, i.e., Rav Amram? Wouldn’t it
The Talmud comments: But the halakha is not in accordance with his opinion. Mar Zutra said in the name of Rav Sheshet: One who became impure through contact with the carcass of a creeping animal may immerse in a mikveh and partake of teruma from produce grown outside of Eretz Yisrael. But the halak
§ The Mishnah teaches: The firstborn animal is eaten year by year, i.e., within its first year, whether it is blemished or unblemished. The Talmud comments: From the fact that the Mishnah says: If a blemish developed within its first year, rather than within the 1st year, that is to say that we co
It is derived from a verse, as Rav Yehuda says that Rav says that the verse states: “You shall eat it before YHWH your God, year by year [shana beshana] in the place that YHWH shall choose, you and your household” (Deuteronomy 15:20). The phrase “shana beshana,” which can also be translated as: A ye
The school of Rav taught that there is a different halakha derived from the phrase “year by year.” This phrase indicates that it may be eaten on one day of this year and one day of that next year. The verse thereby taught with regard to an unblemished firstborn animal, which is sacrificed in the T