Yevamot 74B

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for all the seed of Aaron, both sons and daughters? You must say it is teruma. The Talmud raises a difficulty: But say that perhaps the verse is referring to the breast and thigh of a peace-offering, which also may be eaten by all the seed of Aaron, both male and female? The Talmud answers: The br

The Talmud asks: If so, the same may be said about teruma as well, as it is not permitted to a ḥalala, a woman who is disqualified from marrying a priest, even though she is the daughter of a priest. The Talmud answers: A ḥalala is not considered the seed of Aaron.

The Talmud challenges the halakha recorded in the baraita that one who lacks atonement may eat teruma. And from where do you know that this verse: “Any man from the seed of Aaron who is a metzora or a zav shall not eat of the holy things until he be pure,” means that he may not eat of the holy thin

The Talmud answers: This cannot enter your mind, as a tanna of the school of R' Yishmael taught that the verse is speaking of a zav who experienced only two sightings of an emission, and of a quarantined metzora, i.e., a suspected metzora who has not yet been declared conclusively ritually impure b

The Talmud raises a question: But say that this halakha that sunset alone suffices to permit the eating of teruma applies only to one who does not require an atonement offering but merely has to wait until sunset to achieve complete purification. However, with regard to one who does require an aton