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Zevachim 4:3-4

Zevachim 4:3

One is not liable for piggul on account of the handful of a flour offering, the frankincense that was burned with a flour offering, the incense that was burned on the inner altar, the flour offerings of kohanim (which were burned in their entirety), the flour offerings of the Kohein Gadol, [the flour and wine that were offered with sacrifices,] the blood of a piggul sacrifice, and the flour and wine that were offered without sacrifices; this is the opinion of Rabbi Meir. The Sages also include wine that was brought with an animal. Regarding the log (a measure of volume) of oil that was brought by a metzora (“leper”), Rabbi Shimon says one is not liable to piggul because of it but Rabbi Meir says that one is because the blood of a guilt offering renders it permissible, and whatever has something that renders it permissible, whether for a person or for use as a sacrifice, can make one liable for piggul.

Zevachim 4:4

Sprinkling the blood of a burnt offering permits its flesh to be burned the altar and permits its hide to be used by the kohanim. The blood of a burnt offering of birds permits the flesh to be burned on the altar. The blood of a sin offering of birds permits the flesh to be eaten by the kohanim. The blood of bulls and of male goats that are burned permit their parts to be brought on the altar. Rabbi Shimon says that any sacrifice whose blood is not sprinkled on the outer altar, like the blood of peace offerings is, does not cause one to be liable for piggul.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz