Pesachim 77 - Shabbat February 6, 24 Shvat

Study Guide Pesachim 77 Today's Daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray. "With much gratitude and appreciation everyone at Hadran. I feel truly blessed to have discovered Hadran at the time I decided to take on Daf Yomi, and to have such a skilled and dedicated morah leading us all on this wonderful journey through Talmud. I'm also thankful for all of the supporting teachers and resources available on the Hadran website. A heartfelt Todah Rabah to all." And by Shelly and Jerry Gornish in memory of our עז - our beloved and missed grandson, Oz Wilchek, z"l.  What public sacrifices are offered in impurity but are not permitted to be eaten? What case does this list come to exclude? From where do we derive that these all are offered even in impurity? When they say that impurity if overridden for communal offerings, do we mean the impurity is overridden entirely or is it just pushed aside, but one still needs the tzitz, head plate of the Kohen to atone? When the tzitz atones, does it permit just the blood to be brought on the altar or does it also permit the meat (to be eaten and also to sacrifice the parts on the altar that are to be burned)? Based on the answer to these two questions, the gemara brings the opinion of Rabbi Yehoshua that if there is no meat it is impossible to bring the blood on the altar. This raises a question – could it be that our mishna doesn’t fit with Rabbi Yehoshua’s opinion? The gemara gives four ways to explain how the mishna can work with Rabbi Yehoshua’s opinion. All but one are rejected.