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״כל הנוגע במזבח יקדש״ – שומע אני, בין ראוי בין שאינו ראוי? תלמוד לומר: ״כבשים״ – מה כבשים ראויין, אף כל ראוי. רבי עקיבא אומר: ״עולה״ – מה עולה ראויה, אף כל ראוי.
“Whatsoever touches the altar should be sanctified” (Exodus 29:37), I would derive that this applies to every item, whether it is suited to be an offering, or unsuited to be an offering. The following verse states: “Now this is that which you should offer upon the altar: Two lambs of the 1st year day by day continually” (Exodus 29:38); from this I derive: Just as lambs are suited to be offerings, so too, everything that is suited to be an offering is included in this halakha. The baraita continues: R' Akiva says: The offerings discussed in this passage are each referred to as a burnt-offering (see Exodus 29:42). Therefore, I derive: Just as a burnt-offering is suited for the altar, so too, everything that is suited for the altar is included in this halakha.
ותרוייהו מאי קא ממעטו? פסולי. מר מייתי לה מ״כבשים״, ומר מייתי לה מ״עולה״.
Rav Pappa explains: And what do the two of them exclude by means of these explanations? Disqualified offerings, teaching that they do not become sanctified if they touch the altar. One Sage, R' Yosei HaGelili, brings proof for this halakha from the term “lambs,” and one Sage, R' Akiva, brings proof for this halakha from the term “burnt-offering.” This is an example of one explanation from two different verses.
והאמר רב אדא בר אהבה: עולת העוף פסולה איכא בינייהו. מאן דמייתי לה מ״כבשים״ – כבשים אין, אבל עולת העוף לא. ומאן דמייתי לה מ״עולה״ – אפילו עולת העוף נמי.
The Talmud questions this example: But doesn’t Rav Adda bar Ahava say that the difference between them is with regard to a disqualified bird burnt-offering? The one who brings proof for this halakha from the term “lambs” holds that: Lambs, yes, they are included in this halakha, but a bird burnt-offering is not. And the one who brings proof for this halakha from the term “burnt-offering” holds that a bird burnt-offering is also included in this halakha.