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איתיביה אביי: קרבן יחיד שנתערב בקרבן יחיד, וקרבן ציבור שנתערב בקרבן ציבור, וקרבן יחיד וקרבן ציבור שנתערבו זה בזה – נותן ארבע מתנות מכל אחד ואחד. ואם נתן מתנה מכל אחד – יצא, ואם נתן ארבע מכולן – יצא.
Abaye raised an objection to this from a baraita (Tosefta 8:22): With regard to the offering of an individual that was intermingled with another offering of an individual, and likewise a communal offering that was intermingled with another communal offering, or the offering of an individual and a communal offering that were intermingled with each other, the priest places 4 placements of blood from each and every one of them on the altar, and in this manner fulfills the obligation of the blood rites of all the offerings. But if he placed one placement from each one, he has fulfilled his obligation. And likewise, if he placed 4 placements from all of them together, he has fulfilled his obligation.
במה דברים אמורים – שנתערבו חיין, אבל נתערבו שחוטין – נותן ארבע מתנות מכולן.
The baraita continues: In what case is this statement, that he places from the blood of each of the offerings ab initio, said? In a case where the offerings were intermingled when they were still alive, before they were sacrificed, and therefore the priest could perform 4 placements from the blood of each animal separately. But if slaughtered animals were then intermingled, i.e., their blood became mixed together in one container, the priest places 4 placements from all of them together, only one set of 4.
ואם נתן מתנה אחת מכולן – יצא. רבי אומר: רואין את המתנה; אם יש בה כדי לזה וכדי לזה – כשרה, ואם לאו – פסולה.
And in any case, if he placed one placement from all of them, he has fulfilled his obligation, as the blood of all these offerings is placed on the outer altar, and with regard to all of them one fulfills the obligation after the fact with a single placement. R' Yehuda HaNasi says: One assesses the blood of the placement given from each animal; if there is enough in that blood for a placement of blood for this offering and enough for that one, it is fit, but if not, the offering is disqualified.