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The Talmud asks: Why do I need these two parts of the verse? According to the opinion of R' Yehoshua, the halakha that both the blood and meat are essential is derived twice from the verse. The Talmud answers: One part of the verse is referring to a burnt-offering and one part is referring to a pea
And if God had written this halakha with regard to a peace-offering, I would have said: On the contrary, the meat of a peace-offering is more important because it has two forms of consumption. The sacrificial parts are burned on the altar, and the owners and priests eat the rest of the meat. But w
The Talmud asks: And according to the opinion of R' Eliezer as well, isn’t it written: “And you shall eat the flesh”? The Talmud answers that R' Eliezer could have said to you: That part of the verse is necessary to teach that the meat of an offering is not permitted to be eaten until the blood is
The Talmud asks: If so, say that the entire verse comes for this purpose, and in that case, from where do we derive the halakha that one sprinkles the blood even though there is no suitable meat because it became ritually impure or was lost?
The Talmud answers that R' Eliezer could have said to you: If so, God should have written “and you shall eat the flesh” and then “and the blood of your offerings shall be poured out,” as it is written in the first clause of that verse: “And you shall sacrifice your burnt-offerings, the flesh, and th