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to a limb of an offering, which is all connected together so that it forms a single unit, and one can say that if fire took hold of part of it, all of it is considered the food of the altar, and therefore it is returned to the altar if it came down; but with regard to a handful, which consists of se
Rav Aḥai says: Since the handful is considered one unit, therefore, in the case of this handful of piggul, half of which lies on the ground and half of which was brought up to the wood arrangement on the altar and the fire took hold of it, one brings all of it up to the altar ab initio.
R' Yitzḥak says that R' Yoḥanan says: With regard to piggul, notar, i.e., offerings that remain after the time allotted for their consumption, and ritually impure flesh, where one brought them up to the altar, their prohibition has left them. Rav Ḥisda said in astonishment: Teacher of this halakha
R' Yitzḥak bar Bisna raises an objection from a baraita. Others say: The verse states: “But the soul that eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain to YHWH, having his impurity upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people” (Leviticus 7:20). Although this can also
Rava says: When the baraita speaks of an item whose impurity cannot depart from it, we say it is referring to purification by means of a mikveh, not through any other means. The Talmud raises a difficulty: Is the term mikveh written in the baraita? It speaks only in general terms about impurity th