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אבל דמים הניתנין על המזבח הפנימי – כגון ארבעים ושלש של יום הכיפורים, ואחד עשר של פר כהן משיח, ואחד עשר של פר העלם דבר של ציבור; פיגל בין בראשונה ובין בשניה ובין בשלישית – רבי מאיר אומר: פיגול, וחייבין עליו כרת; וחכמים אומרים: אין בו כרת עד שיפגל בכל המתיר.
But with regard to the blood placed inside, i.e., in the Holy of Holies, on the Curtain, and on the inner altar, e.g., the 43 presentations of the blood of the bull and goat of Yom Kippur, and the 11 presentations of the blood of the bull for an unwitting sin of the anointed priest, and the 11 presentations of the blood of the bull for an unwitting communal sin, if in those cases the priest had an intention that can render the offering piggul, whether during the first set of presentations, whether during the second set, or whether during the third set, i.e., in any of the requisite sets of presentations, R' Meir says: The offering is piggul and one is liable to receive karet for its consumption. And the Rabbis say: There is no liability for karet unless he had an intention that can render the offering piggul during the performance of the entire permitting factor.
קתני מיהא פיגל בין בראשונה בין בשניה בין בשלישית – ופליג!
In any event, this baraita teaches: If the priest had an intention that can render the offering piggul, whether during the first set of presentations, whether during the second set, or whether during the third set, and yet R' Meir disputes the ruling of the Rabbis and says that the offering is piggul. If the priest’s intent renders the offering piggul whether it was during the first, second, or third set of presentations, evidently R' Meir’s ruling must be based on the consideration that one can render an offering piggul during half a permitting factor. According to R' Shimon ben Lakish’s claim that R' Meir’s reason is that anyone who performs an action performs it with his initial intent, the offering should be piggul only if the first set of presentations was performed with an improper intention while the rest were performed silently.