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חגיגה 7:2

Soncino English Talmud · Berean Standard Bible

7:2
Said Abaye to him: This is obvious; which of them would you make transgressors and which of them would you make zealous? What then is the purpose of the verse? To intimate the teaching of ‘Others’. For it is taught: ‘Others’ Say: The scraper, the copper-smith and the tanner are exempt from appearing [at the Temple]; for it is said, ‘All thy males’: he who is able to go on the pilgrimage with ‘all thy males’; these [then] are excluded, because they are unable to go up with all thy males. MISHNAH. BURNT-OFFERINGS DURING THE MID-FESTIVAL ARE TO BE BROUGHT FROM [ANIMALS BOUGHT WITH] UNCONSECRATED MONEY, AND PEACE-OFFERINGS, [ALSO] FROM [ANIMALS BOUGHT WITH SECOND] TITHE MONEY. ON THE FIRST FESTIVAL DAY OF PASSOVER, BETH SHAMMAI SAY: [THEY MUST BE BROUGHT] FROM [ANIMALS BOUGHT WITH] UNCONSECRATED MONEY; AND BETH HILLEL SAY: [THEY CAN BE BROUGHT ALSO] FROM [ANIMALS BOUGHT WITH SECOND] TITHE MONEY. ISRAELITES MAY FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATION WITH VOW-OFFERINGS, FREEWILL-OFFERINGS AND TITHE OF CATTLE; AND THE PRIESTS WITH SIN-OFFERINGS AND TRESPASS-OFFERINGS. FIRSTLINGS, THE BREAST AND THE SHOULDER, BUT NOT WITH BIRD-OFFERINGS, NOR MEAL-OFFERINGS. GEMARA. Accordingly, it is during the mid-festival only that burnt-offerings are brought from [animals bought with] unconsecrated money, but on the festival [they may be brought] also from [animals bought with Second] Tithe money. [But] why? It is obligatory, and everything that is obligatory must be brought from [animals bought with] unconsecrated money! And if you say: It comes to teach us this, [to wit,] that burnt-offerings can be brought during the mid-festival but not on the festival; then this will be according to Beth Shammai! For we have learnt: Beth Shammai say. One may bring peace-offerings [on the festival] without laying the hands upon them; but not burnt-offerings. But Beth Hillel say, One may bring peace-offerings and burnt-offerings [on the festival] and lay the hands upon them! — [Our Mishnah] is defective, and it should read thus: Burnt-offerings, vow-offerings and freewill-offerings are brought during the mid-festival, but they may not be brought on the festival. But the pilgrimage burnt-offering is brought even on the festival; and when it is brought, it must be brought only from [animals bought with] unconsecrated money; but the peace-offerings of rejoicing can be brought also from [animals bought with Second] Tithe money. And regarding the festal-offering of the first festival day of Passover, Beth Shammai say: [It must be brought from animals bought with] unconsecrated money; and Beth Hillel say: [It can be brought] also from [animals bought with Second] Tithe money. It has also been taught thus: Burnt-offerings, vow-offerings and freewill-offerings are brought during the mid-festival but not on the festival. But the pilgrimage burnt-offering is brought even on the festival; and when it is brought, it is brought only from [animals bought with] unconsecrated money; but the peace-offerings of rejoicing can be brought also from [animals bought with Second] Tithe money. And regarding the festal-offering of the first festival day of Passover, Beth Shammai say: [It must be brought] from [animals bought with] unconsecrated money; but Beth Hillel say: [It can be brought] also from [animals bought with Second] Tithe money. Why is the festal-offering of the first festival day of Passover different? — It comes to teach us this: Only the festival-offering of the fifteenth [of Nisan must be brought from animals bought with unconsecrated money] but not the festal-offering of the fourteenth [of Nisan].31