זבחים 73 — parallel

73:1

Whatsoever is numbered [in selling], even [if its prohibition is] Rabbinical, cannot be neutralized, and how much the more when it is Biblical! For it was taught: If a litra of dried figs was pressed on the top of a round jar, and he does not know in which jar it was pressed; or on the top of a cask, and he does not know in which cask; or on top of a ‘beehive’, and he does not know in which, R. Meir maintains that R. Eliezer said: We regard the upper [layers] as if they are separated, and the lower ones neutralize the upper ones; while R. Joshua ruled: If there were a hundred tops, they neutralize; if not, [all] the tops are forbidden, and the bottom layers are permitted. R. Judah maintained: R. Eliezer said: If there were a hundred tops, they neutralize; if not, [all] the tops are forbidden etc.; while R. Joshua ruled: Even if you have three hundred tops, they do not neutralize. If he pressed it in a round jar, and he does not know in which part of the jar he pressed it, whether in the north or in the south, all agree that it is neutralized. R. Ashi said: You may even say [that it agrees with] the Rabbis: Living creatures are important, and cannot be neutralized. Now, let us detach [them] one by one and say, whatever is detached, is detached from the majority? [You say,] ‘detach [them]’! but that is kabua’

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73:2

and every [case of] kabua’ is like half and half? — Rather, [the difficulty is this]: Let us force them to scatter and then say, whatever is detached, is detached from the majority? — Said Raba: We fear lest [e.g.] ten priests come at the same time and offer them. One of the Rabbis observed to Raba: If so, is the tray forbidden? — [Rather the reason is] because [we fear] lest [e.g.] ten priests come and take them simultaneously. Is that possible? — Rather said Raba: The reason is because of kabua’. Raba said: Since the Rabbis ruled that we must not offer them, if one does offer, it [each animal] does not propitiate. R. Huna b. Judah raised an objection to Raba: If a sin-offering was mixed up with a burnt-offering, or a burnt-offering with a sin-offering, even one in ten thousand, all must die. When is this? If the priest consulted [the authorities]. But if the priest did not consult [the authorities], and he sacrificed them [all] above, half are fit and half are unfit; below, half are fit and half are unfit. [If he sacrificed] one above and one below, both are unfit, for I assume [that] the sin-offering was offered above, and the burnt-offering below! — Said he to him: This [my ruling] is in accordance with the view that live animals can be [permanently] rejected; the other is in accordance with the view that live animals cannot be [permanently] rejected. But what about slaughtered animals regarding which all agree that they are [permanently] rejected,

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