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The Talmud continues its discussion of the desacralizing of consecrated property. We learned in a Mishnah there (Shekalim 20a): If there was an animal fit for the altar that was found straying, from Jerusalem and as far as Migdal Eder, and similarly if it was found within that distance from Jerusale
The Talmud questions this: But are males only burnt-offerings and not also peace-offerings? As peace-offerings can be male or female, a male animal that was found might have been designated as a peace-offering. R' Oshaya said: We are not speaking here of bringing the animals themselves as offering
The Talmud asks: And can something that has inherent sanctity, such as an animal that has been designated as an offering, be desacralized? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Me’ila 19b): There is no misuse after misuse with regard to consecrated property? This means that if one misuses consecrated p
That Mishnah continues: How so? If someone was riding on a consecrated animal, and another came after him and also rode on it, and yet another came and rode on it, they have all misused consecrated property. Similarly, if one was drinking from a golden cup used in the Temple service, and another ca
The Talmud asks: Let us hear, i.e., infer, from the opinion of R' Yehuda to the opinion of R' Meir: Didn’t R' Yehuda say that consecrated property is desacralized if used unwittingly, and yet those items that have inherent sanctity are not desacralized. According to R' Meir as well, although conse