כפסולי המוקדשין, ויפסל?
like disqualified consecrated animals, and it should be disqualified from being sacrificed, as though it had developed a blemish.
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כפסולי המוקדשין, ויפסל?
like disqualified consecrated animals, and it should be disqualified from being sacrificed, as though it had developed a blemish.
תלמוד לומר: ״ואכלת לפני ה׳ אלהיך מעשר דגנך וגו׳״ – מקיש בכור למעשר; מה מעשר – אינו נפסל משנה לחבירתה, אף בכור – אינו נפסל משנה לחבירתה.
Therefore, the verse states: “And you should eat before YHWH your God, in the place which He should choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborns of your herds, and of your flocks” (Deuteronomy 14:23). The verse juxtaposes a firstborn animal to the tithe of grain to indicate that just as the tithe is not disqualified by being kept over from one year to the next (see Deuteronomy 14:28), so too a firstborn animal is not disqualified by being kept over from one year to the next. If so, one already derives from this verse that an offering is not disqualified even if it is brought late.
איצטריך; סלקא דעתך אמינא: הני מילי בכור, דלאו בר הרצאה הוא; אבל קדשים, דבני הרצאה נינהו – אימא לא לירצו; קא משמע לן.
The Talmud responds: Nevertheless, the verse cited by ben Azzai was necessary, as without it, it might enter your mind to say that this matter applies only to a firstborn, which is not for acceptance, i.e., it does not serve to atone for any sin and is merely a gift for the priest, but with regard to other sacrificial animals that are for acceptance, say that they should not effect acceptance when brought late. Therefore, the verse teaches us that even these others are not disqualified when brought late.
ואכתי מהתם נפקא?! ״והיה בך חטא״ – ולא בקרבנך חטא!
The Talmud asks further: But still, isn’t this halakha derived from a baraita elsewhere: The verse states: “When you should vow a vow to YHWH your God, you should not delay paying it; for YHWH your God will require it from you; and it will be sin in you” (Deuteronomy 23:22), indicating that there is sin in you, but there is no sin in your offering, and therefore it is not disqualified due to the delay?
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