Pesachim 65A

ועולה גופה מנלן? אמר קרא: ״אל יסוד מזבח העולה״, אלמא עולה טעונה יסוד.

The Talmud asks: And from where do we derive with respect to the burnt-offering itself that its blood must be sprinkled on the altar in a place where there is a base? The Talmud answers that the verse said: “And he should pour all the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 4:7). Apparently, the blood of a burnt-offering requires sprinkling at the base, as the verse specifically links the base of the altar to the burnt-offering.

יצתה כת ראשונה וכו׳. תנא: היא נקראת כת עצלנית. והא לא סגי דלאו הכי, מאי הוי להו למיעבד?

It was stated in the next clause of the Mishnah that after the first group exited, the second group and then the third group would enter. It was taught in the Tosefta with regard to the third group: It was called the lazy group because it was the last of the 3 groups. The Talmud asks: But it would not have been sufficient without this third group, as the Paschal lamb must be offered in 3 shifts. What, then, should the members of the third group have done?

אפילו הכי, איבעי להו לזרוזי נפשייהו. כדתניא, רבי אומר: אי אפשר לעולם בלא בסם ובלא בורסי. אשרי מי שאומנתו בסם, אוי לו מי שאומנתו בורסי. ואי אפשר לעולם בלא זכרים ובלא נקבות. אשרי מי שבניו זכרים, אוי לו מי שבניו נקבות.

The Talmud answers: Nonetheless, the members of the third group should have hurried themselves so that they would not be in the last group. As it was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda HaNasi says: The world cannot function without a perfume merchant or without a tanner [bursi], who processes bad-smelling hides. While both of these occupations are necessary, fortunate is he whose profession is that of a perfume merchant, and woe to him whose profession is that of a tanner. Likewise, the world cannot exist without males or without females; yet fortunate is he whose children are males, and woe to him whose children are females.