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שיסע ולא הבדיל. תנו רבנן: ״ושסע״ – אין שיסע אלא ביד, וכן הוא אומר: ״וישסעהו כשסע הגדי״.
§ The Mishnah teaches that after removing the crop and the feathers and innards that emerged with it, the priest ripped the bird lengthwise and did not separate the two halves of the bird. In this regard A baraita states: The verse states: “And he should rend” (Leviticus 1:17). The act of rending is performed only by hand, and so too, the verse states with regard to Samson: “And he rent it as one would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand” (Judges 14:6).
לא הסיר את המוראה כו׳. מתניתין דלא כרבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון; דתניא, אמר רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון: שמעתי שמבדילין בחטאת העוף.
§ The Mishnah teaches that if the priest did not remove the crop, or he changed any detail of the sacrificial rite after he squeezed out the blood, the offering is valid. If he separated the head from the body of a bird sin offering, it is disqualified. The Talmud says: The Mishnah is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, said: I heard that one may separate the head from the body of a bird sin offering.
מאי בינייהו? אמר רב חסדא: מיצוי חטאת העוף מעכב איכא בינייהו. תנא קמא סבר: מיצוי חטאת העוף מעכב; וכיון דמצוי דם, קעביד מעשה עולה בחטאת העוף.
The Talmud asks: What is the reason for the difference between them, i.e., what is the basis of the disagreement? Rav Ḥisda says: The difference between them concerns the question of whether squeezing out the blood of a bird sin offering after its blood has been sprinkled is indispensable. The first tanna, whose opinion is cited in the Mishnah, holds that squeezing out the blood of a bird sin offering is indispensable. And since squeezing out the blood is indispensable, the priest will have to squeeze out the blood after separating the head from the body, and he will have performed the rite of a bird burnt offering on a bird sin offering, which disqualifies the offering (see 66a).