Zevachim - Daf 119
- Why maaser sheni was not eaten in נוב וגבעון
A Baraisa states that the Torah separately mentioned "מנוחה" and "נחלה" (i.e., שילה and ירושלים) as periods of במה prohibitions to teach that during the periods of נוב and גבעון (between שילה and ירושלים), במות were permitted. Reish Lakish asked Rebbe Yochanan, why does the Mishnah not teach that one was required to bring his maaser sheni to נוב וגבעון? Rebbe Yochanan answered that we derive from a gezeirah shavah (שם שם) from the ארון. Therefore, כיון דארון לא הוה – since the ארון was not in the משכן in נוב and גבעון (rather, it was in קרית יערים, and later in the City of Dovid), מעשר נמי לא הואי – maaser also did not need to be eaten there.
- What "מנוחה" and "נחלה" refer to: four opinions
The passuk explains that במות were permitted in Gilgal, "כי לא באתם עד עתה אל המנוחה ואל הנחלה" – because you [will] have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance. The Mishnah on Daf 112b taught that "מנוחה" refers to שילה, and "נחלה" refers to ירושלים, prohibiting במות during those periods (but permitting them in נוב וגבעון). A Baraisa records this interpretation as Rebbe Yehudah’s opinion, but Rebbe Shimon says the reverse: "מנוחה" refers to ירושלים, and "נחלה" refers to שילה, based on pesukim. The Gemara explains the order of the passuk to be saying, “not only will you not have reached מנוחה (Yerushalayim), but you will not have even reached נחלה (Shiloh).” A Baraisa in Rebbe Yishmael’s yeshivah taught that both מנוחה and נחלה refer to שילה. [Rashi explains that Rebbe Yishmael says elsewhere that במות became permitted again after Yerushalayim’s destruction, and certainly holds the same after שילה’s destruction.] Finally, Rebbe Shimon ben Yochai says both מנוחה and נחלה refer to ירושלים, and holds במות were permitted even during שילה. The Gemara asks, according to Rebbe Yishmael, why מנוח was permitted to sacrifice on a במה during שילה, and answers: הוראת שעה היתה – it was a special momentary ruling.
- If קדשי במה קטנה which were brought on a במה גדולה require חיצוי – a demarcation line for blood
The Mishnah on Daf 112b listed numerous halachos of sacrifices which are not required on a private במה, such as סמיכה, Kohanim, and others, including מחיצה בדמים – a demarcation line for blood. According to our girsa, Rami bar Chama says that the exemption of a במה קטנה from a demarcation line only applies to “korbanos of a במה קטנה” (i.e., which he intended to bring there) which were actually brought on a במה קטנה. However, בקדשי במה קטנה דקרבינהו בבמה גדולה – regarding korbanos of a private bamah which he sacrificed on a communal bamah, יש חיצוי – there is a requirement for a demarcation line (i.e., the blood must be thrown on the correct half of the מזבח). In another version, Rami bar Chama says the opposite: the requirement for חיצוי only applies to korbanos of a במה גדולה which were brought on a במה גדולה, but korbanos of a במה קטנה which were brought on a במה גדולה do not require חיצוי. This disagrees with Rebbe Elazar, who said about an עולה of a private במה which one brought inside the partitions of a במה גדולה, קלטוה מחיצות לכל דבר – the partitions contain it for all matters, i.e., subject it to all laws of a במה גדולה.
