Zevachim 8:12-9:1

Zevachim 8:12

If the blood of a sin offering was collected in two cups, one of which was brought outside, the one that remained inside the courtyard is still fit. If one of them was brought inside the Sanctuary, Rabbi Yosi HaGlili rules that the one that remained outside, in the courtyard, is fit, but the Sages rule that it is unfit. Rabbi Yosi HaGlili said that if where intention to take outside renders unfit but that which remains inside is not treated like that which was taken went out, then regarding inside (the Sanctuary) where an intention does not render unfit, it logically follows that what remains outside shouldn’t be treated like what was brought in. Rabbi Eliezer says that if the blood was brought inside to make atonement (i.e., with the intention to sprinkle it there), it is rendered unfit even if he didn’t actually sprinkle it; Rabbi Shimon says that it is only rendered unfit if he actually sprinkled it. Rabbi Yehuda says that if the blood was taken inside accidentally, then it remains fit. The tzitz (i.e., the Kohein Gadol’s headplate) does not cause unfit blood that was sprinkled on the altar to be accepted, it only causes ritually impure things to be accepted. This is because the tzitz only causes the acceptance of ritually impure things, not of things that were brought outside.

Zevachim 9:1

The altar sanctifies things that are fit for it. Rabbi Yehoshua defines that as fit for the fire; if something is brought up the altar, it may not be brought down as per Leviticus 6:2, “It is the burnt offering on the fire of the altar.” Just as a burnt offering, which is fit for the fire, is not brought down from the altar, the same is true of whatever else is fit for the fire. Rabban Gamliel says that whatever is fit for the altar (even if not fit for the fire) is not brought down once it has been brought up as per the same verse – “It is the burnt offering on the fire of the altar.” Just as a burnt offering, which is fit for the altar, is not brought down, the same is true of whatever else is fit for the altar. Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua only disagree about blood and libations; Rabban Gamliel says these are not brought down but Rabbi Yehoshua says that they are. Rabbi Shimon says that if a sacrifice is fit but its libations are unfit, or if the libations are fit but the sacrifice is unfit, or even if both are unfit, the sacrifice is not brought down from the altar but the libations are.