47. Holy Things that Become Unfit - Pesulei ha-Mukdashin
If a sacrifice acquires a blemish or becomes invalid
on account of improper sacrificial procedures it is
forbidden to eat it, as it says "You shall not eat any
abomination"1; and there is a special prohibition in certain
cases where there was improper intent, as it says "And if
it is [with intent of being] eaten... on the third day
(i.e., after the time when eating it is permitted)... it
shall be unfit (pigul) and the person who eats of it shall
bear his sin".2,a
Peace-offerings (but not thank-offerings), firstborn
and tithes can be eaten on the day they are offered, the
following night, and the following day until sunset2; all
other sacrifices that are eaten can be eaten only on the
day they are offered and the following night3 (rabbinically,
only until midnight). It is forbidden to leave anything
over beyond this time or to eat of it if it is left over,
as it says "You shall not leave any of it over until morning",3
and it says "And he who eats it shall bear his sin",4
and it says "[And if any is left over... until morning you
shall burn the excess in the fire], it shall not be eaten
for it is holy".5 If anything is left over we are commanded
to burn it, as it says "[You shall not leave any of it over
until morning] and what is left over of it until morning
you shall burn in the fire"6; and it says "And what is left
over of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall
be burned in the fire".2 Similarly, we are commanded to
burn all invalid sacrifices.b
It is forbidden to eat from a sacrifice that has
become impure; we are commanded to burn it, as it says "And
the flesh that touches any impure thing shall not be eaten;
it shall be burned in the fire".7 It is forbidden for a
person who has become impure to eat from a sacrifice, as
it says "And a person who shall eat flesh from the peace-offering
sacrifice that is Ha-Shem's with his impurity
upon him, that person shall be cut off from his people..."8;
and it says (regarding a woman who has given birth, who is
impure) "She shall touch no holy thing".9,c
Sources: |
| 1. Deut. 14:3 |
a. 18:3-6; see 13:1-3 |
| 2. Lev. 7:16-18 |
b. 18:9-10; 19:1; Maaseh ha-Korbanos 10:6-8 |
| 3. See Lev. 7:15; 22:29-30 |
c. 18:12-14; 19:1 |
| 4. Lev. 19:6-8 |
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| 5. Ex. 29:34 |
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| 6. Ex. 12:10 |
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| 7. Lev. 7:19 |
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| 8. Lev. 7:20-21 |
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| 9. Lev. 12:4 |
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