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and he intended to partake of the meal offering in an improper manner, whether outside its designated area or beyond its designated time, the offering is not valid, but there is no liability to receive karet if one partakes of it.
The Talmud presents an alternative version of this baraita: If, while the handful was in his right hand, he intended to partake of the meal offering outside its designated area, the offering is not valid, but there is no liability to receive karet if one partakes of it. If he intended to partake o
And the Rabbis say: Once he put the handful in his left hand, the placing of it in his left hand renders it unfit and it cannot be rendered fit by returning it to his right hand. What is the reason? It is because it requires sanctification in a service vessel, and once he put it in his left hand, i
The Talmud notes: By inference, one can conclude that R' Elazar and R' Shimon do not require sanctification of the handful by placing it in a service vessel. Accordingly, this serves as a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak, who stated that even R' Shimon requires sancti
The baraita teaches that according to R' Shimon, if the priest transferred the handful to his left hand he should return the handful to his right hand. The Talmud comments: This supports the statement of R' Yehuda, son of R' Ḥiyya, as he said that according to the opinion of R' Shimon the rites of t