Yoma 42A

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The strip of crimson of the red heifer has the weight of 10 zuz; and the strip of the scapegoat has the weight of two sela, which is 8 zuz; and the strip of the metzora has the weight of a shekel, which is two zuz.

And R' Yoḥanan further said: R' Shimon ben Ḥalafta and the Rabbis disagree with regard to the strip of crimson of the red heifer. One said: It has the weight of 10 zuz. And one said: It has the weight of one shekel. And your mnemonic for remembering that while both assume that only one of the extr

R' Yirmeya of Difti said to Ravina: It is not with regard to the strip of the red heifer that they disagree; rather, it is with regard to the strip of the scapegoat that they disagree. And on that very day that they disputed this issue, Ravya bar Kisi died, and they made a mnemonic out of it, ass

R' Yitzḥak said: I heard a teaching that there is a distinction between two slaughters: One of the red heifer, and one of the bull of the High Priest on Yom Kippur. The slaughter of one of them is valid even if done by a non-priest, and the slaughter of the other one is invalid if done by a non-prie

An amoraic dispute was stated: With regard to the slaughter of the red heifer and the bull of the High Priest on Yom Kippur, there is a dispute between Rav and Shmuel: One said: A red heifer slaughtered by a non-priest is invalid, whereas the bull of the High Priest slaughtered by a non-priest is