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רבי יוסי אומר: נתנמנמו — יאכלו, נרדמו — לא יאכלו. הפסח אחר חצות מטמא את הידים. הפגול והנותר מטמאין את הידים.
R' Yosei says: If they dozed they may eat from the Paschal lamb when they awake, but if they fell fast asleep they may not eat from it. The rabbis further said: The Paschal lamb after midnight renders one’s hands ritually impure, as it becomes notar, an offering that remained after the time when they may be eaten has expired; and the rabbis ruled that both piggul, offerings that were invalidated due to inappropriate intent while being sacrificed, and notar render one’s hands ritually impure.
גמ׳ רבי יוסי אומר: נתנמנמו — יאכלו, נרדמו — לא יאכלו. היכי דמי נתנמנם? אמר רב אשי: נים ולא נים, תיר ולא תיר. כגון דקרי ליה ועני, ולא ידע לאהדורי סברא, וכי מדכרו ליה — מדכר.
Talmud: We learned in the Mishnah that R' Yosei says: If they dozed they may eat from the Paschal lamb, but if they fell asleep they may not eat from it. The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances of dozing? Rav Ashi said: One is asleep but not asleep, awake but not awake, when, if they call him, he will answer, but he is unable to provide a reasonable answer. And when they later inform him of what happened, he remembers it.
אביי הוה יתיב קמיה דרבה. חזא דקא נמנם, אמר ליה: מינם קא נאים מר. אמר ליה: מינומי קא (מנמנם) [מנמנמנא], ותנן: נתנמנמו — יאכלו, נרדמו — לא יאכלו.
The Talmud cites a related episode: Abaye was sitting before Rabba, and he saw that Rabba was dozing off after he had begun to eat the final obligatory piece of matza. He said to him: Is the Master sleeping? Rabba said to him: I am dozing, and we learned in the Mishnah: If they dozed, they may eat from the Paschal lamb, but if they fell fast asleep they may not eat from it.
הפסח אחר חצות מטמא את הידים וכו׳. אלמא מחצות הוה ליה נותר. מאן תנא?
We learned in the Mishnah that the Paschal lamb after midnight renders one’s hands ritually impure. The Talmud infers: Apparently, from midnight and onward the Paschal lamb is classified as notar. The Talmud asks: Who is the tanna who maintains this opinion?