Commentary for Zevachim 5:6
הַתּוֹדָה וְאֵיל נָזִיר, קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, שְׁחִיטָתָן בְּכָל מָקוֹם בָּעֲזָרָה, וְדָמָן טָעוּן שְׁתֵּי מַתָּנוֹת שֶׁהֵן אַרְבַּע, וְנֶאֱכָלִים בְּכָל הָעִיר לְכָל אָדָם, בְּכָל מַאֲכָל, לְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה עַד חֲצוֹת. הַמּוּרָם מֵהֶם כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶם, אֶלָּא שֶׁהַמּוּרָם נֶאֱכָל לַכֹּהֲנִים, לִנְשֵׁיהֶם וְלִבְנֵיהֶם וּלְעַבְדֵיהֶם:
The <i>Todah</i> [thanksgiving-offering] and ram of the <i>Nazir</i> [are sacrifices within the category of] <i>Kodashim Kalim</i> [sacrifices of a lesser degree of sanctity. They may be slaughtered anywhere in the Temple courtyard and consumed by most anyone, anywhere in Jerusalem]. They are slaughtered anywhere in the Temple courtyard, and their blood requires two applications, which [amount to] four, and they are eaten throughout the city [of Jerusalem], by anyone, prepared in any manner, during that day and [subsequent] night until midnight. The same rules apply to their [the sacrifices'] portions [given to the priests, and their loaves - also given to the priests], except that these portions are eaten by the priests, their wives, their children and their slaves.
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התודה ואיל נזיר קדשים קלים – and one does not commit sacrilege through them.
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Introduction
This mishnah deals with the todah, or thanksgiving offering (Leviticus 7:11 ff.) and the ram brought by the nazirite upon the completion of his naziriteship.
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שחיטתן בכל מקום – they don’t require slaughter in the north (as their law is like offerings of well-being/peace offerings).
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The todah and the nazirite's ram are sacrifices of lesser sanctity. Both of these sacrifices are of lesser sanctity, and this will be expressed in some of the halakhot which we will see below. These halakhot are more lenient than those governing the most holy sacrifices which we dealt with above.
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ונאכלים בכל העיר – that concerning the sin offering, it is written (Leviticus 10:13): “You shall eat it in the sacred precinct [inasmuch as it is your due and that of your children from the LORD’s gifts,” but peace-offerings/offerings of well-being are not consumed other than in a pure place, which is throughout the city [of Jerusalem] which is a pure place from lepers entering therein.
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They are slaughtered anywhere in the Temple Court, and their blood requires two sprinklings, which constitute four; Unlike sacrifices of most holy sanctity, which must be slaughtered north of the altar, these sacrifices can be slaughtered anywhere in the Temple courtyard. The blood is sprinkled on the altar in the same way as was done for the olah (see mishnah four).
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לכל אדם – for foreigners (non-Kohanim).
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And they are eaten in any part of the city, by any person, prepared in any manner, the same day and the night following, until midnight. Most holy sacrifices must be eaten within the walls of the Temple (or the curtains of the Tabernacle when the Israelites were in the desert). Lesser holy sacrifices can be eaten anywhere within the walls of the city of Jerusalem. Anyone can eat them, not just priests. These two sacrifices can be prepared in any manner and must be eaten by midnight of the night following their offering (like the hatat in mishnah three).
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ליום ולילה – regarding the offering of gratitude/thanksgiving, it is written (Leviticus 7:15): “[And the flesh of his thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being] shall be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it shall be set aside until morning.” And it is taught in a Baraita (Tractate Zevakhim 36b), it is taught (Leviticus 7:15: “his thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being” – to include the Nazirite’s offering of well-being.
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The parts of them which are raised are governed by the same law, save that these are eaten [only] by the priests, their wives, their children and their slaves. The breast and the thigh are raised from these sacrifices and given to the priests (see Leviticus 7:34). All of the rules that apply to the rest of the sacrifice apply to these two parts, except that these can only be eaten by priests and their households (wives, children and slaves). They can be eaten anywhere in Jerusalem, prepared in any manner and until midnight.
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המורם מהם – the breast and the shoulder that he gave from them to the Kohen like the rest of the offerings of well-being/peace offerings, for Scripture thanksgiving and offerings of well-being are compared through analogy, as it is written (Leviticus 7:1-2): “This is the ritual of the sacrifice of well-being,…if he offers it for thanksgiving, etc.” But the four loaves are from its four species as it is written (Leviticus 7:24): “one of each kind as a gift [to the LORD; it shall go to] the priest who dashes [the blood of the offering of well-being,, and that which is raised up from them from the ram of the Nazirite, the boiled shoulder (see Numbers 6:19), and the breast and the foreleg and the loaf of unleavened bread and one wafer.
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כיוצא בהן – that are consumed throughout the city for day and nighttime.
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לכהנים לנשיהם – as it is written (Leviticus 10:14): “But the breast of elevation offering…you may eat in any pure place, [for they have been assigned as a due] to you, and your children [from the Israelites’ sacrifices of well-being].”
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