Pesachim 78 - February 7, 25 Shvat

Study Guide Pesachim 78 This week of learning has been sponsored in memory of Arthur Levi, Avraham ben Elyakum, on his third yahrzeit. "From his daughters, Linda, Marsha, Marilyn and Barbara, and for their beloved Opa from his grandchildren and great-grandchildren." And by Ruth Rotenberg in memory of her daughter Tanielle Gavre'ea Margalit a"h.  Does our mishnah not fit in with Rabbi Yossi, who thinks that the tzitz does not atone for food? Rav Papa asks Abaye how to interpret the breita quoted on a previous page where Rabbi Yosi holds both like Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua both in sacrifices and offerings. How is this possible? The gemara tries to resolve this in different ways. According to the mishna, if the meat does not exist, a Passover sacrifice cannot be brought. Rav says it is only for the ab initio but the blood was put on the altar, it is effective. The gemara questions this - isn't the issue of the Pesach being sacrificed for those who can eat the meat something that disqualifies the meat? The gemara assumes Rav holds like Rabbi Natan who disagrees with that. Where did Rabbi Natan say this. Once the gemara finds the source, they raise a number of braitot and try to establish whether the braita holds like Rabbi Natan or like the rabbis.