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The Talmud asks: The Mishnah mentioned rams, in plural; on which festival are multiple rams offered? If the Mishnah is referring to the additional offerings sacrificed on those days of the new moon and Shavuot as prescribed in the book of Numbers, these offerings include only one ram and not two. A
The Talmud answers: Actually, it is referring to the two rams of Shavuot that are prescribed in Leviticus, and this is what the Mishnah is saying: Failure to sacrifice the rams that accompany the two loaves, as prescribed in Leviticus, does not prevent the sacrifice of the ram of the additional of
The Talmud challenges: But if that is the explanation, then when the Mishnah mentions bulls and sheep it means that even the bulls or sheep of the additional offering prescribed in the book of Numbers do not prevent each other from being sacrificed, i.e., the inability to sacrifice one of the bulls
The Talmud responds: The tanna of the Mishnah teaches each statement individually, i.e., the halakha applies to each of the animals listed in a different manner.
§ The Talmud cites a baraita with regard to the offerings sacrificed on the New Moon: The verse states: “And on the day of the new moon, a young bull without blemish; and 6 lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish” (Ezekiel 46:6) The baraita asks: Why does the verse state “a bull” when the ve