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so that the sinner will not profit. And for what reason does his offering not require libations? So that his offering will not be of superior quality. Accordingly, it might enter your mind to say that since R' Shimon says: In order that his offering will not be of superior quality, when the handfu
The Talmud asks: If so, then there as well, i.e., with regard to slaughtered offerings, let the Mishnah (Zevaḥim 15b) teach: Both the sin offering of forbidden fat and all the slaughtered offerings with regard to which the one who collected their blood was a non-priest or a priest who is an acute
The Talmud concludes its question: Apparently, since the tanna teaches that Mishnah with the term: All, and he does not teach: Except, all offerings are indicated by the general disqualification, and there is no need to emphasize the halakha with regard to a sin offering, even in accordance with the
The Talmud explains: It was necessary to teach the Mishnah in this manner as it might enter your mind to say: Since I have established that the first clause, i.e., the Mishnah on 2a, is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, with regard to the last clause as well, i.e., the Mishnah here
§ Rav says: In the case of a non-priest who removed a handful, he should return the handful to the meal offering. The Talmud challenges: But we learned in the Mishnah that a non-priest disqualified the meal offering by removing a handful from it. The Talmud responds: What does the Mishnah mean when