Pesachim 65A

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The Talmud asks: And from where do we derive with respect to the burnt-offering itself that its blood must be sprinkled on the altar in a place where there is a base? The Talmud answers that the verse said: “And he shall pour all the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt-offering,

It was stated in the next clause of the Mishnah that after the first group exited, the second group and then the third group would enter. It was taught in the Tosefta with regard to the third group: It was called the lazy group because it was the last of the 3 groups. The Talmud asks: But it would

The Talmud answers: Nonetheless, the members of the third group should have hurried themselves so that they would not be in the last group. As it was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda HaNasi says: The world cannot function without a perfume merchant or without a tanner [bursi], who processes bad-

It was further stated in the Mishnah that in the same manner that the procedure involving the Paschal lamb was performed during the week, so was it performed on Shabbat, and that even on Shabbat the priests would rinse the floor of blood, contrary to the wishes of the rabbis. The Talmud asks: Contr

The Talmud asks: What is the source of this dispute? The Talmud answers: As it was taught in the following baraita: One who milks an animal, or sets milk to curdle (Arukh), or makes cheese is liable if he performed the activity in the measure of a dried fig-bulk; one who sweeps the house, or sprinkl