but not a burning piece of wood. (1) Now if you think that he agrees with R. Simeon, even that of wood too [should be permitted]? (2) — In respect to what is unintentional he holds with R. Simeon; but in the matter of work which is not needed per se,3 he agrees with R. Judah. (4) R. Huna said: If a drink-offering [of wine] was defiled, one must make a separate fire for it (5) and burn it, for it is said, And every [sinoffering]... in the holy place... it shall be burnt with fire. (6) It was taught likewise: If blood, oil, meal-offerings or drink-offerings were defiled, a separate fire is made for them, and they are burnt. Samuel said to R. Hana of Baghdad: Bring me ten people and I will teach you in their presence: (7) if drink-offerings were defiled, one makes a separate fire for them and burns them. MISHNAH. IF THE BLOOD OF A SINOFFERING SPURTED ON TO A GARMENT, IT MUST BE WASHED. (8) THOUGH SCRIPTURE SPEAKS ONLY OF [SIN-OFFERINGS] WHICH ARE EATEN, FOR IT IS SAID, IN A HOLY PLACE SHALL IT BE EATEN, (9) YET BOTH THOSE WHICH MAY BE EATEN AND THE INNER [SACRIFICES] (10) NECESSITATE WASHING, FOR IT IS SAID, [THIS IS] THE LAW OF THE SIN-OFFERING: (11) THERE IS ONE LAW FOR ALL SIN-OFFERINGS. THE BLOOD OF A DISQUALIFIED SIN-OFFERING DOES NOT NECESSITATE WASHING, WHETHER IT HAD A PERIOD OF FITNESS OR DID NOT HAVE A PERIOD OF FITNESS. WHICH HAD A PERIOD OF FITNESS? ONE [WHOSE BLOOD] WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT, OR WAS DEFILED, OR WAS TAKEN OUT [OF THE TEMPLE COURT]. WHICH DID NOT HAVE A PERIOD OF FITNESS? ONE WHICH WAS SLAUGHTERED [WITH THE INTENTION OF EATING IT] (12) AFTER TIME OR WITHOUT BOUNDS; OR WHOSE BLOOD WAS RECEIVED BY UNFIT PERSONS. GEMARA. IF THE BLOOD OF A SINOFFERING SPURTED, etc. If there is one law for all sin-offerings, even a bird sinoffering too [should be included]. Why then was it taught: You might think that the blood of a bird sin-offering requires washing; therefore it states, This is [the law of the sinoffering]? (13) — Said Resh Lakish on Bar Kappara's authority. Scripture saith, shall [the sin-offering] be slaughtered: (14) thus the Writ speaks [only] of those which are slaughtered. (15) Yet say rather that the Writ speaks [only] of those which are eaten, as it is written, ‘in a holy place shall it be eaten’, but not inner [sin-offerings]? — The Divine Law included [them by writing] ‘the law of’. (16) If so, even a bird sin-offering too [is included]? — The Divine Law expressed a limitation in ‘this is’. And why do you prefer it thus? (17) — It is logical to include animal inner sin-offerings, because: it is an animal; it is slaughtered in the north; (18) [its blood is] received in a vessel;

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(1). ↑ For that is Biblically forbidden.
(2). ↑ For though he intentionally extinguishes it, yet his work is not needed per se (v. n. 6.), and R. Simeon permits such.
(3). ↑ E.g., when one carries out a corpse on Sabbath into the street. He does not really want the corpse in the street, but merely wants it out of the house. Every case of extinguishing except that of a wick to make it easier for subsequent relighting, falls within this category, since with this exception extinguishing is always negative. R. Judah forbids such, and R. Simeon permits it.
(4). ↑ Hence he permits the unintentional extinguishing on the altar, but forbids the unintentional extinguishing of a burning piece of wood.
(5). ↑ On the pavement of the Temple court; but it must not be taken out.
(6). ↑ Lev. VI, 23. The accents are disregarded in this rendering. In Pes. 24b the verse is interpreted to mean that all sacrifices which must be eaten in the Temple court when fit, must be burnt in the same place if unfit; and the same applies to this wine.
(7). ↑ Probably a proverbial expression, denoting emphasis and certainty.
(8). ↑ Lev. VI, 20: And when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.
(9). ↑ Ibid. 19.
(10). ↑ The sin-offerings slaughtered in the inner sanctuary (Hekal); these may not be eaten; v. Lev. IV, 1-12; 13-21.
(11). ↑ Ibid. VI, 18; this is the superscription of the present passage containing this law of washing.
(12). ↑ Or sprinkling its blood.
(13). ↑ ‘This is’ is a limitation, implying, only what is enumerated in the section.
(14). ↑ Ibid.
(15). ↑ I.e., with shechitah, whereas a bird requires Melikah.
(16). ↑ One law for all.
(17). ↑ Why apply the extension to inner sin-offerings and the limitation to birds, and not the reverse?
(18). ↑ Rashi reads, and Bah emends accordingly: it is slaughtered; it requires the north.