Commentary for Zevachim 4:2
כָּל הַנִּתָּנִין עַל מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי, שֶׁאִם חִסַּר אַחַת מִן הַמַּתָּנוֹת, לֹא כִפֵּר. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם נָתַן כֻּלָּן כְּתִקְנָן וְאַחַת שֶׁלֹּא כְתִקְנָהּ, פָּסוּל, וְאֵין בּוֹ כָרֵת:
[Regarding] all offerings [whose blood should be] sprinkled on the inner altar - it does not atone if one of the applications is lacking. Therefore, if one sprinkled all [the applications] as required save one [which was sprinkled] improperly - it [the sacrifice] is invalid but he is not subject to <i>Karet</i>.
Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
אם חסר אחת מכל המתנות לא כפר – for regarding the bull for the whole community of Israel [that had erred] that the mater escapes the notice of the congregation it is written (Leviticus 4:20): “He shall do with this bull just as is done with the [priest’s] bull of purification offering; he shall do the same with it,” and this is a verse that is not necessary, for all of his Divine Services are explained in it, but rather it comes to multiply the warning of the sprinklings that are in it. And it means this, and he did for him as I have written for you his Divine Services, and he repeated them to invalidate by an act of omission for if he left out of one of the gifts he did not atone.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Zevachim
Introduction
This mishnah continues to discuss the effect of improper intentions had when sprinkling the blood.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
לפיכך (אם נתנן כולן כתקנן) – for since all of them permit, this one does not permit without that one, and this one does not invalidate without that one.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Zevachim
With regard to any [blood] which is sprinkled on the inner altar, if [the priest] omitted one of the applications, he has not atoned; therefore if he applied all in the proper manner but one in an improper manner, it [the sacrifice] is invalid, but does not involve karet. When it comes to sacrifices whose blood must be spilled on the altar inside the sanctuary (the golden altar), all of the sprinklings must be applied and if any one is skipped atonement is not effected. This differs from those sacrifices whose blood is spilled on the outer altar (see yesterday’s mishnah). Since all of the applications of the blood are mandatory, if any one of them is done with the wrong intention, the sacrifice is invalid. However, the sacrifice is not piggul and one who eats it is not obligated for karet unless all of the applications were done with the improper intent. If any one of the mandatory applications was done with the correct intent, the sacrifice is not piggul, although it cannot be eaten.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
ואחת שלא כתקנה – with an intention outside of its [appropriate] time.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
פסול – for it was not permitted with the first [sprinklings].
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Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
ואין בו כרת – for we don’t have an improper intention that disqualifies with a half that permits.
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