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The Talmud answers: Even according to R' Yehuda HaNasi there is a case in which a sin-offering is left to graze, in accordance with the opinion of R' Oshaya, as R' Oshaya said: If one separated two sin-offerings from the outset as a guarantee, so that if one is lost he may gain atonement with the
The Talmud challenges this: But with regard to a Paschal lamb, in a case like this the second animal would be sacrificed as a peace-offering. This, too, does not follow Shmuel’s principle. Rather, it can be explained that Shmuel held in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who said there are
The Talmud asks: But R' Shimon does not concede in any case at all that a sin-offering is left to graze, as he holds that any sin-offering which is deferred for any reason is left to die, while Shmuel referred to sin-offerings left to graze. The Talmud answers: Shmuel also said only one case. He di
The Talmud asks: And what does he teach us with this statement beyond what was taught explicitly in the Mishnah? The Talmud answers that Shmuel’s statement was meant to exclude the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, who said that a Paschal lamb is sacrificed as a peace-offering only when it is found after slaug
The Talmud presents another version of the discussion, beginning from the proof that the halakhot of a sin-offering cannot be equated to those of a Paschal lamb because with regard to a Paschal lamb, in a situation where it is lost and then found after midday but before the slaughter of its replace