Yoma 68A

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מה להלן, על ידי ניתוח ולא על ידי הפשט, אף כאן, על ידי ניתוח ולא על ידי הפשט.

Just as below it is prepared for burning by means of dissection and not by means of skinning, so too here it is by means of dissection and not by means of skinning.

והתם מנא לן? דתניא: ״וקרבו ופרשו והוציא״⁠ — מלמד שמוציאו שלם. יכול ישרפנו שלם? נאמר כאן: ״ראשו וכרעיו״, ונאמר להלן: (״ראש וכרעים״), מה להלן על ידי ניתוח, אף כאן על ידי ניתוח.

The Talmud asks: And there, with regard to bull sin-offerings that are burned, from where do we derive that they are cut but not skinned? The Talmud answers: As it was taught in a baraita: “And the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and with its legs, and its innards, and its dung, even the whole bull should he carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire” (Leviticus 4:11–12). This teaches that he brings it out whole. One might have thought that he should burn it whole. It is stated here: Its head and its legs, and it is stated there, with regard to burnt-offerings, head and legs. Just as there, the burnt-offering is performed by means of dissection, as explicitly stated in the verse, so too here it is by means of dissection.

אי מה להלן על ידי הפשט, אף כאן על ידי הפשט, תלמוד לומר: ״וקרבו ופרשו״. מאי תלמודא? אמר רב פפא: כשם שפרשו בקרבו, כך בשרו בעורו.

The Talmud asks: If so, derive the following from the same verbal analogy: Just as there, in the case of burnt-offerings, the dissection is performed with skinning, so too here it is with skinning, and he must remove the skin of the animals before burning them. The Talmud answers: Therefore, the verse states “and its innards, and its dung.” The Talmud asks: What is the derivation from this phrase? Rav Pappa said: Just as its dung is within its innards and they do not remove it, so too, its flesh is in its skin and they do not separate the skin from the flesh.

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