Chullin 21b — the Talmud in English

Just as an animal sin-offering does not come ![](pamud.bmp "

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except from

unconsecrated money,

and

it is impossible to purchase it with second-tithe money,

and

it may be offered only

during the day

and not at night,

and

its service may be performed only

with his right hand

of the kohen, for all these laws are learned from Scripture, that they apply to an animal sin-offering.

So too, a bird burnt-offering —

does not come except from unconsecrated money, and during the day, and with his right hand.

But,

perhaps you will say: if we learn from an animal sin-offering, we should also learn with regard to an additional matter:

Just as there

its slaughter is

with most of the two

signs, and it is not necessary to slaughter all the signs,

so here

in the bird burnt-offering, its pinching should be

with most of the two

only?

The verse states

with regard to a bird burnt-offering brought voluntarily: “

And he shall pinch

its head,

and he shall burn

it upon the altar.” Scripture juxtaposed pinching with burning, to say:

Just as with burning

they burn

the head by itself and

the

body by itself,

so

pinching should be performed in this manner, so that

the head is by itself and the body is by itself.

That is, he must cut through both signs completely and not only most of them.

Rabbi Ishmael says: “According to the law”

stated with regard to the bird burnt-offering means

according to the law of the bird sin-offering

written in the section immediately before the law of the bird burnt-offering. And it is reasonable that the phrase “according to the law” was stated with regard to it.

Just as with a bird sin-offering

its pinching is

opposite

the

nape, so too a bird burnt-offering is opposite the nape,

for the Torah stated “opposite the nape” only with regard to a bird sin-offering, and from it we learn with regard to a bird burnt-offering.

But,

perhaps you will say: if we learn from a bird sin-offering, we should also learn with regard to an additional matter:

Just as there he pinches

only one sign,

and does not separate

the head from the body, but leaves them connected

by one sign,

that is, through the second sign, which is not pinched, for with regard to a bird sin-offering it is stated: “and he shall not separate it,”

so here,

with regard to a bird burnt-offering,

does he pinch and not separate it by one sign?

The verse states

with regard to a bird burnt-offering: “

And they shall offer it,”

which indicates that its pinching differs from that of a bird sin-offering.

Rabbi Elazar son of Rabbi Shimon says: “According to the law”

means

according to the law of the bird sin-offering.