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Sifrei Devarim 73/ספרי דברים ע״ג
אבְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ – זוֹ חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם. וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַחוֹמָה – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר; אִם לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִתּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים; אִם לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִן הַבְּכוֹר: וּמָה הַבְּכוֹר שֶׁהוּא קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם שֶׁהֵם קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם אַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַקְּלָעִים שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.
1Pisqa’ 73951. “Of your herd and your flock” (Dt. 12:17)—this refers to the Purification-offering and Guilt-offering .Now, what is the verse coming to teach us?Is the point [to declare liable one who consumes]the Purification-offering and Guilt-offeringbeyond the wall of Jerusalem?[No!]For this is a logical deductionfrom the case of the [Cattle-] tithe!Is the point, rather, [to declare liable one who consumes the meat]before the sprinkling of the blood?[No!]For this is a logical deductionfrom the case of the Thanks-offering and the Communion-offering!Is the point, instead, [to declare liable one who consumes the meat]after the sprinkling of the blood?[No!]For this is a logical deductionfrom the case of the Firstling!Just as with the Firstling,which is among the Lesser-Holy offerings,one who consumes it after the sprinkling of the bloodtransgresses a proscription,isn’t it only logical thatwith the Purification-offering and the Guilt-offering,which are among the Most-Holy offerings—one who consumes themafter the sprinkling of the blood,should transgress a proscription?Therefore, [the verse must have some other application]!The verse is coming only to teach us thatone who consumes a Purification-offering or a Guilt-offeringbeyond the curtains96 In the wilderness Dwelling these curtains demarcated a space within which Most-Holy offerings could be eaten (Lv. 6:9 and 7:6). In the later Holy Shrine, the area of the Courtyard, within the compound, marked off the permissible space for eating Most-Holy offerings (M. Zev. 14:4-8). transgresses a proscription.