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And on today's stuff, Zvachim 108, would like to slow things down a bit for a segment we like to call

Slow Jam the Tal. We do it every time the Talmud gives us a bit of logic, so delightful, so beautiful.

We just have to stop and appreciate the genius of the rabbis.

Ready? Let's dive right in.

Rava raises a dilemma. With regard to one who offers up outside the temple courtyard, the head of a pigeon,

burnt offering that does not have on it an olive bulk of flesh, but the salt that adheres to it

after it was salted in accordance with the requirement to salt it see leviticus

two 13 completes the measure to make an olive bulk what is the halakha is one liable for offering it up

outside so right off the bat we have a fascinating question the rule is that we have to offer at

least kaziate or an olive bulk of flesh,

but what if there's not enough flesh? And what, if there is a little bit of salt on it,

clinging to the flesh, making it just big enough to pass muster? You'll be shocked.

Shocked, I tell you, to learn that the rabbis disagree. Here goes. Rava from Parzakia said to Ravashi,

is this not identical to the dispute between Rabbi Yoharan and Rish Lakish with regard to a bone

attached to sacrificial flesh? Ravashi responded, no. The dilemma can be raised according to

Rabe Yohran and the dilemma can be raised according to Rabi Okran and the dilemma

can be raised according to Resh Lakish. Is the case in front of us with a bit of salt

clinging to the head of the pigeon? Yeah, I know it's kind of gross, but you know, bear with me.

Is it similar to a case in which a bone clings to a bit of flesh, making up the required amount of meat

for a valid sacrifice. After all, aren't these two things a little bit of salt here and a bone

there? Similar. The rabbis explore the question in depth. The Gamar elaborates. The dilemma can

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