Pesachim 91B

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פריצותא.

promiscuity, i.e., homosexual behavior.

גופא: אשה בראשון ⁠— שוחטין עליה בפני עצמה, ובשני עושין אותה טפילה לאחרים, דברי רבי יהודה. רבי יוסי אומר: אשה בשני ⁠— שוחטין עליה בפני עצמה, ואין צריך לומר בראשון. רבי שמעון אומר: אשה בראשון ⁠— עושין אותה טפילה לאחרים, בשני אין שוחטין עליה כל עיקר.

The Talmud returns to discuss the matter itself, i.e., the baraita partly cited previously, the full version of which states: A woman; on the first Pesaḥ, one slaughters the Paschal lamb on her behalf even if she is by herself. And on the second Pesaḥ, we make her ancillary to others, i.e., she may join others in a group registered for a Paschal lamb but we do not slaughter a lamb on her behalf if she is by herself; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R' Yosei says: A woman; on the second Pesaḥ, one slaughters the Paschal lamb on her behalf even if she is by herself. And needless to say we also slaughter on her behalf even if she is by herself on the first Pesaḥ. R' Shimon says: A woman; on the first Pesaḥ we make her ancillary to others, and on the second Pesaḥ we do not slaughter on her behalf at all.

במאי קמיפלגי? רבי יהודה סבר: ״במכסת נפשת״, ואפילו נשים. וכי תימא, אי הכי אפילו בשני נמי? כתיב: ״חטאו ישא האיש ההוא״. איש ⁠— אין, אשה ⁠— לא.

With regard to what do they disagree? The Talmud explains that they disagree about how to interpret the various verses that refer to the first and second Pesaḥ: R' Yehuda holds that the use of the word souls in the verse: “According to the number of the souls…you should make your count for the lamb” (Exodus 12:4), includes everyone, and even women, in the first Pesaḥ. And if you say that if so, even on the second Pesaḥ, women should also be included, but it is written with regard to one who had not offered a Paschal lamb on the first Pesaḥ and then neglected to bring one on the second Pesaḥ: “That man should bear his sin” (Numbers 9:13), which indicates that a man, yes, he is liable for not having brought a Paschal lamb on the second Pesaḥ, but a woman, no, she is not liable.

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