Study Sukkah folio 49B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
just as its pouring is in sanctity, so too must its burning be in sanctity. From where may it be inferred that this is referring to burning? Ravina said: It is derived by means of a verbal analogy between the term sanctity written with regard to libations and sanctity written with regard to leftover
The Talmud notes: In accordance with whose opinion is that which is taught in this Mishnah? With regard to libations, initially, prior to being poured, one can misuse consecrated property with them, as is the case with all consecrated items. However, once they descended to the drainpipes, one does
The Talmud rejects this: Even if you say that the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis, it could be referring to a case where some of the wine landed outside the drainpipes and was collected in the space between the ramp and the altar.
And some say a different version of this exchange. Let us say that the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis and not in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar bar Tzadok. As, if it were in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar, then the wine that collected between the ramp an
The Talmud asks: From where may it be inferred that this is referring to plugging the drainpipes? Rav Pappa said: Shekhar is an expression of drinking, of satiation, of intoxication. In order to underscore all 3 aspects of the libations, the space between the altar and the ramp would fill with wine