Study Zevachim folio 57A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
The Talmud asks: And from where do we derive the halakha that a burnt offering itself has its blood presented on the altar in a place where there is a base? The Talmud answers: We derive it from a verse, as it is written: “And he shall pour all the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the
The Talmud asks: If it is derived from a burnt offering via a verbal analogy, one might think that just as there, a burnt offering requires two placements that are 4, so too here, a firstborn offering, an animal tithe offering, and a Paschal offering should also require two placements that are 4,
Abaye says: Why do I need the Torah to write: “And Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood around against the altar” (Leviticus 1:5), with regard to a burnt offering, to teach that the blood must be placed on all 4 sides of the altar, in addition to writing: “And
The Talmud asks: This works out well according to the one who says that two verses that come as one do not teach their common aspect with regard to other cases. But according to the one who says that two verses that come as one do teach their common aspect with regard to other cases, what is there t
§ The Mishnah teaches: The firstborn offering is eaten by the priests, throughout the city of Jerusalem, prepared in any manner of food preparation, for two days and one night. A baraita states: From where is it derived with regard to a firstborn offering that it is eaten for two days and the inter