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אמר ליה אביי: פשיטא, הי מינייהו משוית להו פושעים, והי מינייהו משוית להו זריזין!
Abaye said to him: This is obvious; which of his sons would he render sinners, who are too lazy to ascend, and which of them would he render vigilant, eager to perform the mitzva at the first opportunity?
אלא קרא למאי אתא? לכדאחרים. דתניא, אחרים אומרים: המקמץ, והמצרף נחשת, והבורסי — פטורין מן הראייה, שנאמר: ״כל זכורך״, מי שיכול לעלות עם כל זכורך. יצאו אלו, שאין יכולין לעלות עם כל זכורך.
Rather, for what purpose does the verse: “All your males,” come? It comes to teach that which Aḥerim taught. As it is taught in a baraita: Aḥerim say that a scrimper, one who gathers dog feces to give them to tanners for the purpose of tanning hides; a melder of copper, who purifies copper from dross; and a tanner of hides are all exempt from the mitzva of appearance, as their occupation inflicts upon them an unpleasant odor. As it is stated: “All your males,” which indicates that only one who is able to ascend with all your males is obligated, excluding these. As people avoid their company, they cannot ascend with all your males.
מתני׳ עולות במועד באות מן החולין, והשלמים מן המעשר. יום טוב הראשון של פסח, בית שמאי אומרים: מן החולין, ובית הלל אומרים: מן המעשר.
Mishnah: Burnt-offerings that one sacrifices on the intermediate days of the Festival must come from non-sacred property, not from sacred property such as second-tithe money. But the peace-offerings may be brought from the second tithe, i.e., from money with which one redeemed second tithe, which is subsequently used to purchase food in Jerusalem. With regard to the Festival peace-offering sacrificed on the 1st day of the festival of Passover, Beit Shammai say: It must come from non-sacred property, and Beit Hillel say: It may be brought even from the second tithe.
ישראל יוצאין ידי חובתן בנדרים ונדבות ובמעשר בהמה. והכהנים בחטאות ואשמות ובבכור, ובחזה ושוק. אבל לא בעופות, ולא במנחות.
In general, Israelites fulfill their obligation to eat peace-offerings of rejoicing with their voluntary vows and gift offerings donated during the year and sacrificed on the Festival; and likewise with animal tithes. And the priests fulfill their obligation of rejoicing with the meat of sin-offerings and guilt-offerings and with firstborn offerings, as the priests receive a portion of these, and with the breast and thigh of peace-offerings, to which they are also entitled. However, they do not fulfill their obligation with birds, e.g., a bird sacrificed as a sin-offering, nor with meal-offerings, as only the eating of meat constitutes rejoicing.
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