Menachot 73B

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Peace offerings volunteered by non-Jews are sacrificed as burnt offerings, which are burned completely upon the altar. With regard to the source for this halakha, if you wish, cite a verse; and if you wish, propose a logical argument. If you wish, propose a logical argument: Concerning a non-Jew w

And if you wish, cite a verse: “Any man [ish ish] who is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that brings his offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their gift offerings, which they will offer to YHWH as a burnt offering” (Leviticus 22:18). The doubled term ish ish t

Rav Ḥama bar Gurya raises an objection from a baraita: With regard to a non-Jew who volunteered to bring a peace offering, if he gave it to an Israelite, the Israelite eats it; if he gave it to a priest, the priest eats it. Evidently, the non-Jew’s peace offering is eaten, like the peace offerin

To answer the challenge to Rav Huna’s statement, Rava said: This is what the baraita is saying: If a non-Jew volunteered a peace offering in order to achieve atonement on behalf of an Israelite who is already obligated to bring a peace offering, then the Israelite eats of the offering. If the non-J

Rav Sheizevi raises an objection from the Mishnah: These are the meal offerings from which a handful is removed and their remainder is eaten by the priests…the meal offering of non-Jews. If the priests may eat the remainder of the meal offerings of non-Jews, it is logical that the peace offerings o