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לא יהו כהנים זכאין בעורה? תלמוד לומר: ״עור העלה״ מכל מקום.
I might have thought that the priests have no right to its hide. Therefore, the verse states: “The hide of the burnt offering,” to teach that in any case where the offering is not disqualified, the priests acquire its hide, even if it did not satisfy the owner’s obligation.
״עור העלה״ – אין לי אלא עור העולה, עורות קדשי קדשים מנין? תלמוד לומר: ״עור העלה אשר הקריב״. יכול שאני מרבה אף קדשים קלים? תלמוד לומר ״עלה״ – מה עולה קדשי קדשים, אף כל קדשי קדשים.
And from the phrase “the hide of the burnt offering” I have derived only that the priests acquire the hide of the burnt offering. From where do I derive that they acquire the hides of all offerings of the most sacred order? The verse states: “The hide of the burnt offering which he has offered,” which serves to include any offering that the priests sacrifice. If so, one might have thought that I include even offerings of lesser sanctity. Therefore, the verse states: “Burnt offering,” and not simply: Offering, to teach that just as a burnt offering is an offering of the most sacred order, so too the priests acquire the hides only of all offerings of the most sacred order; they do not acquire the hides of offerings of lesser sanctity.
רבי ישמעאל אומר: ״עור העלה״ – אין לי אלא העולה, עורות קדשי קדשים מנין? ודין הוא: ומה עולה, שלא זכו בבשרה – זכו בעורה; קדשי קדשים, שזכו בבשרן – אינו דין שזכו בעורן?!
The baraita continues: R' Yishmael says there is a different derivation. From the phrase “the hide of the burnt offering,” I have derived only that the priests acquire the hide of the burnt offering. From where is it derived that they acquire the hides of all offerings of the most sacred order? It is based on a logical inference: Just as in the case of a burnt offering, for which the priests do not acquire its meat, the priests nevertheless acquire its hide, then in the case of offerings of the most sacred order, for which the priests do acquire its meat, is it not logical that they acquire their hides?
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