Pesachim 93B

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He holds that with regard to the case of the blasphemer mentioned in the verse: “That person blasphemes YHWH and that soul shall be cut off [karet] from among his people” (Numbers 15:30), this is identical to the case of one who blesses the name of God, a euphemism for cursing God’s name. And it is

And R' Yehuda HaNasi learned the meaning of this phrase: “And he shall bear his sin,” stated here, with regard to one who did not sacrifice the Paschal lamb, by way of a verbal analogy from the phrase: “Shall bear his sin” stated there, with regard to the blasphemer. Just as later, with regard t

And R' Natan holds that the verse should be understood differently. In the verse: “And refrains from offering the Paschal lamb, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because [ki] he did not bring the offering of YHWH in its appointed season” (Numbers 9:13), this word ki has the meaning of: Be

The Talmud asks: If so, that part of the verse which says: He shall bear his sin, what does R' Natan do with it? The Talmud answers: R' Natan holds that the case of the blasphemer is not identical with the case of one who blesses the name of God; blasphemy refers instead to one who sings praises to

And R' Ḥananya ben Akavya holds that the word ki in the verse should be rendered: If, as R' Yehuda HaNasi interpreted it, but the verse should be understood as follows: “And refrained from participating in the offering of the Paschal lamb, that soul shall be cut off from his people if he did not br