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Rather, it is not difficult: There, where R' Yehoshua said that it is invalid ab initio, he was referring to the offering of an individual. Here, in the Mishnah, which states that it may be sacrificed even ab initio, it is referring to an offering involving the public.
The Talmud asks: Shall we say that the Mishnah is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei? As it was taught in a baraita: R' Eliezer says that the frontplate appeases God for the impurity of portions of offerings that are supposed to be eaten. R' Yosei says that the frontplate does not appeas
The Talmud explains the question: It could enter your mind to say: From the fact that R' Yosei said that the frontplate does not appease God for the impurity of portions of offerings that are supposed to be eaten, it can be inferred that he holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua, who s
The Talmud rejects this assertion: No, R' Yosei holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer, who said that the blood of an offering is accepted although there is no meat.
The Talmud asks: If so, with regard to what halakha did R' Yosei say that the frontplate does not appease God for the impurity of the portions of offerings that are supposed to be eaten? Even if it does not appease God for the impurity of these portions, the offering remains valid. The Talmud rejec