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אבל לא גחלת של עץ. ואי סלקא דעתך כרבי שמעון סבירא ליה, אפילו גחלת של עץ נמי!
but one may not extinguish a wood coal, because extinguishing it is prohibited by Torah law? And if it enters your mind that Shmuel holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, it should be permitted to extinguish even a wood coal. R' Shimon maintains that extinguishing a coal is prohibited by Torah law only when one intends to use the extinguished coal. Otherwise, this constitutes a labor performed on Shabbat which is not necessary for its own sake, which is not prohibited by Torah law.
בדבר שאין מתכוין – סבר לה כרבי שמעון, במלאכה שאינה צריכה לגופה – סבר לה כרבי יהודה.
The Talmud answers: Shmuel’s statements are not contradictory, as with regard to an unintentional act, he holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon. But with regard to labor not necessary for its own sake, he holds that it is prohibited by Torah law, in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda.
אמר רב הונא: נסכים שנטמאו – עושה להן מערכה בפני עצמן ושורפן, משום שנאמר: ״בקדש באש תשרף״. תניא נמי הכי: הדם והשמן והמנחות והנסכים שנטמאו – עושה להן מערכה בפני עצמן ושורפן.
§ Rav Huna says: With regard to wine libations that became ritually impure, one prepares for them an arrangement of wood by themselves and burns them there, without removing them from the Temple courtyard. This is due to the fact that it is stated with regard to a disqualified sin offering: “In the sacred place…it should be burned with fire” (Leviticus 6:23). This requirement of burning in the sacred place applies to all offerings that are meant to be sacrificed on an altar and became disqualified. This is also taught in a baraita: With regard to the blood, the oil, the meal offerings, and the libations that became ritually impure, one prepares for them an arrangement of wood by themselves and burns them there.