Menachot 101A

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One cannot draw the conclusion that these substances can be redeemed, since we do not find a case where an item that has been consecrated in a service vessel is redeemed.

The Talmud asks: And where is a blemished animal called “impure” in the Torah? The Talmud answers: As it is taught in a baraita with regard to redeeming an offering, that the Torah states: “And if it be any impure animal, of which they may not bring an offering to YHWH, then he shall set the animal

The Talmud clarifies: Do you say that the verse is referring to blemished animals that were redeemed, or is it referring only to an actual non-kosher [tamei] animal, as the plain sense of the verse indicates? The Talmud responds: When the verse states later in that section: “And if it be of an impu

The Talmud continues to discuss this halakha: One might have thought that offerings are redeemed even due to the presence of a temporary blemish. Therefore, the continuation of the verse states: “Of which they may not bring an offering to YHWH,” which is referring to an animal that is not sacrific

Rav Huna bar Manoaḥ raises an objection to Shmuel’s opinion that even meal offerings and libations that are pure may be redeemed if they have not yet been consecrated in a service vessel. The Mishnah states: With regard to consecrated birds, wood for the altar, frankincense, and service vessels, onc