Pesachim 65 - January 25, 12 Shvat

Study Guide Pesachim 65

Today's Daf is sponsored by Becki Goldstein in loving memory of her mother, Rose Fromm, Shoshana Rosa bat Shmuel and Minda Leah z"l. "A self made woman who received her High School Leaving Certificate at the age of 50, she persisted in trudging through snow and ice trodden streets to join any shiur. Her greatest quality was her desire and ability after each speaker ended, to rise and eloquently express her appreciation on behalf of the audience. This is a lesson that was transmitted to her children and grandchildren, thus inculcating the values and ideals set forth in our Torah of ben-adam lechavero. Yehi zichra baruch." And by Balima Shturchyan Slutsky in memory of her father, Yitzchak Zvi ben Balima and Chaim Shimon z"l.

The gemara continues to delve in depth into the different stages of sacrificing the Passover sacrifice. Why did they call the third group lazy if someone had to be in that third group? Against which opinion of the rabbis did the kohanim act when they washed the floor from the blood even when erev Pesach feel on Shabbat? Why did Rabbi Yehuda hold that they scooped up a cup of blood from the floor and threw it on the altar? The gemara raises several issues. How did the kohanim walk up to their ankles/knees in blood? Didn't their clothing get dirty and one cannot perform temple rituals with dirty clothing? What actions override Shabbat in the Temple for the Passover sacrifice and what does not? Rabbi Eliezer and the rabbis disagree and a discussion between them ensues, each one trying to prove their position.