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The Talmud rejects that proof: When the phrase in the verse “of doves or of young pigeons” was necessary, it was to exclude a bird that was the object of bestiality or a bird that was worshipped as a deity.
As it could enter your mind to say: Since it is written with regard to the halakhot of disqualified offerings: “Because their corruption [moshḥatam] is in them, there is a blemish in them” (Leviticus 22:25), referring to two types of disqualifications: Corruption and blemish, and the school of R' Yi
Corruption is also referring to idol worship, as it is written: “Lest you deal corruptly [tashḥitun], and make you a graven image” (Deuteronomy 4:16); one might have thought: Any type of offering that a blemish disqualifies, matters of licentiousness and idol worship disqualify it, and any type of o
§ Apropos the discussion of the beginning of the yellowing of the neck plumage, the Talmud cites another matter where there is uncertainty as to whether an animal of a particular age is of uncertain status or an entity in and of itself. R' Zeira raises a dilemma: With regard to one who says: It is
The Talmud elaborates: According to the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, do not raise a dilemma, as he says that a palges is an entity in and of itself, as we learned in a Mishnah (Para 1:3): If one was obligated to bring a ram or lamb as an offering, and he sacrificed a palges, he brings with it the meal off