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Or was it fitness of sprinkling of the blood that we learned, i.e., once the blood is ready to be sprinkled, even if it was not sprinkled yet, the offering is no longer subject to the halakhot of misuse? Or was it fitness of consuming the meat of the offering that we learned? In other words, is it
The Talmud further discusses this matter. R' Zeira says: The Mishnah is not precisely in accordance with the opinion of Ḥizkiyya nor precisely in accordance with the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, i.e., a close reading of the Mishnah does not conform to either of their interpretations of the phrase: A peri
R' Zeira elaborates: We learned in the Mishnah, in its list of examples of offerings that were disqualified after a period of fitness: A sacrificial animal that remained overnight after its blood was sacrificed on the altar and was therefore disqualified as notar, and one that was disqualified when
And therefore, one can learn from the Mishnah that it was fitness of sprinkling of the blood that we learned. Since the slaughtering and collecting of the blood was performed properly, the offering is no longer subject to the halakhot of misuse, despite the fact that the blood was not actually spri
The Talmud rejects this conclusion: No, the Mishnah is not referring to a case where the blood had not been sprinkled. Rather, it is dealing with a case where the meat was left overnight, but the blood had already been sprinkled properly. It is due to this that the Mishnah teaches: One is not liab