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that the halakha of this priest is like that of a ritually impure priest: Just as an impure priest may not partake as long as he is not pure, so too, this priest with a temporary blemish may not partake as long as he does not become fit. The verse therefore teaches us that he may receive a share ev
§ The Mishnah teaches: The principle is: Any priest who is unfit for the service that day does not receive a share of the sacrificial meat. The Talmud objects: But doesn’t he? Isn’t there a blemished priest, who is not fit for the service and who nevertheless receives a share of the meat, as the Mis
The Talmud answers: The Mishnah is saying that any priest who is not fit for partaking of sacrificial meat does not receive a share. Blemished priests may partake of sacrificial meat, and impure priests may not.
The Talmud objects: This indicates that any priest who is fit to partake may receive a share. But isn’t there a minor, who is fit for partaking and who does not receive a share? The Talmud answers: This inverse principle, that any priest who is fit to partake may receive a share, is not taught. Th
The Talmud notes: Now that you have arrived at this conclusion, that the Mishnah’s statement only teaches what it says explicitly, one can say that the Mishnah actually means what the Talmud said at the outset, that no priest unfit for the service receives a share. If one raises an objection with r