Los siguientes son [casos en los que un sacrificio] no se volvió inválido dentro del Templo [recintos sino fuera de ellos]: [Un animal] que tuvo relaciones con una mujer, o con quien un hombre tuvo relaciones, o que fue designado para idolatría, o que se veneraba, o que se usaba para pagar a una prostituta, o que se intercambiaba [por un perro], o que era una raza mixta, o que era un Terefah [un animal con una condición mortal tal que moriría dentro de un año ], o que nació a través de una cesárea, o que fue manchada. El rabino Akiva considera ofertas válidas imperfectas. El rabino Chanina Segan HaKohanim dice: Mi padre quitaría las ofrendas manchadas de la parte superior del altar.
Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
מכשיר בבעלי מומין – that if they went up, they should not come down, and especially withered spots in the eye and things similar to them Rabbi Akiva declared valid, for since they are valid/fit ab initio in birds. But not lacking a limb that invalidates birds.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Zevachim
Introduction
This mishnah is a continuation of Rabbi Shimon’s rule at the end of yesterday’s mishnah, that if a disqualification occurred outside the Temple courtyard, then if the sacrifice is put up on the altar, it should be taken off. The sacrifices that stay on the altar despite their disqualification are ones which became disqualified only some time after they came into the Temple.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Zevachim
דוחה היה אבא את בעלי מומין – if they went up, he would reject them, as if doing a thing with the back of the hand (i.e., in a manner different from the usual way of doing it), but he would not bring them down in public in a disgraceful manner. And in this, he disagrees with the first Tanna/teacher [of our Mishnah) who stated that they should come down. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Hanina ben Antiginos [the adjutant High Priest].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Zevachim
Which are the ones whose disqualification did not arise in sanctity: An animal which had sexual relations with a woman or with a man, or that was the fee of a whore, or [a dog's] exchange; or that was kilayim; or terefah; or an animal born through the caesarean section, and blemished animals. All of these animals were disqualified even before they entered the Temple courtyard. Hence, if they are put up on the altar, they must be taken down. The list is explained in 8:1.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Zevachim
Rabbi Akiva declared blemished animals fit [to remain on the altar if they had already been put up]. Rabbi Hananya, chief of the priests, said: my father used to push blemished animals off the altar. Rabbi Akiva allows blemished animals to remain on the altar, even though they may have been blemished before they entered the courtyard. Rabbi Hananya, who himself seems to have served in the Temple, says that his father would push blemished animals off the altar. Interestingly, this is another case where the Mishnah does not seem to provide any more authority in Temple matters to priests than it does to non-priests. Rabbi Akiva does not seem to have changed his opinion, despite Rabbi Hananya’s testimony.
