Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 7 Mishnah 7
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These flaws do not disqualify a person from performing the Temple service, but they do disqualify an animal from being sacrificed: An animal whose mother or offspring were slaughtered that day, as slaughtering it would violate the prohibition against slaughtering the animal itself and its offspring on the same day; a tereifa; one born by caesarean section; one with which a transgression of bestiality was performed; and one that killed a person. And a priest who marries women by a transgression, e.g., a divorcée or a woman who underwent ḥalitza, is disqualified from performing the Temple service until he vows not to derive benefit from her. The vow ensures that he will divorce her promptly. And a priest who becomes impure through exposure to corpses is disqualified from performing the Temple service until he accepts upon himself a commitment that he will no longer become impure through exposure to corpses.
אֵלּוּ כְּשֵׁרִין בָּאָדָם, וּפְסוּלִין בַּבְּהֵמָה, אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת בְּנוֹ, וּטְרֵפָה, וְיוֹצֵא דֹפֶן, (וְשֶׁנֶּעֶבְדָה בָהֶן עֲבֵרָה, וְשֶׁהֵמִית אֶת הָאָדָם). הַנּוֹשֵׂא נָשִׁים בַּעֲבֵרָה, פָּסוּל, עַד שֶׁיַּדִּיר הֲנָיָה. הַמִּטַּמֵּא לַמֵּתִים, פָּסוּל, עַד שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל עָלָיו שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא מִטַּמֵּא לַמֵּתִים:
Bartenura
אותו ואת בנו. אב ובנו כהן עובדים עבודה ביום אחד ובזמן אחד. ואין אותו ואת בנו בבהמה קרבין ביום אחד:
וטריפה. שנולד בה אחד מסימני טריפות המנויין בפרק אלו טריפות, אינה קריבה על גבי המזבח:
ויוצא דופן. שקרעו את אמו והוציאוהו חי. בבהמה, פסולה להקרבה, דכי יולד כתיב, פרט ליוצא דופן. ובכהן המקריב לא מפסיל בהכי:
הנושא נשים בעבירה. כהן שנשא גרושה וחללה זונה, נודר ועובד. אע״פ שעדיין לא גירש מותר לעבוד אחר שנדר שלא יהנה הוא ממנה והיא ממנו עד שיגרש. והוא שידור על דעת רבים שאין לו התרה אלא לדבר מצוה. וליכא למיחש שמא ילך אצל חכם ויאמר דלצורך דבר מצוה הוא שואל שיתירו לו את נדרו, דכיון דקיימא לן שהבא להתיר נדרו צריך לפרש על מה נדר, ודאי כי שמע חכם דמשום שהיא גרושה או זונה דאסורה לו נדר לא שרי ליה נדרו:
עד שיקבל עליו שלא יהא מיטמא למתים. הכא סגי ליה בקבלה, ולא מדרינן ליה כמו גבי נושא נשים בעבירה. משום דהתם יצרו תוקפו, הכא גבי טומאה אין יצרו תוקפו, הלכך בקבלה גרידא סגי ליה:
אותו ואת בנו – a father and son who are Kohanim perform Temple service on the same day and at the same time. But the progenitor and his offspring of animals are not offered up on the same day (see Tractate Hullin, Chapter 5, Mishnah 1).
וטריפה – that was born with one of the signs of a (fatal) organic disease -which are delineated in the chapter [three – Tractate Hullin] “These are the Treifah carcasses” (see Mishnah 1 – regarding cattle, and Mishnah 3 among fowl), which is not offered on the Altar.
ויוצא דופן – that they tore open its mother and removed it while living. With an animal, it is disqualified from being offered, for it is written (Leviticus 22:26): “[When an ox or a sheep or a goat] is born, [it shall stay seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as an offering by fire to the LORD],” excluding that which is born from the side (i.e., Caesarean birth). But with a Kohen who offers [having been born by Caesarean section], he is not disqualified though this.
הנושא נשים בעבירה – a Kohen who married a divorcee or the female’s issue of a priest’s illegitimate connection/ a priest’s wife illegitimately married to him or a prostitute unfit to marry a priest, he takes a vow and serves [in the Temple]. Even though he has not yet divorced [her], he is permitted to serve after he vowed that he will not benefit from her and she will not benefit from him until he divorces [her]. And he shall take the vow with the knowledge of the community which has no releasing [of the vow] other than for the performance of a Mitzvah. And we should not suspect lest he will go to a Sage and state that for the need of a particular Mitzvah, he asks of him that he should release him from his vow, for since we hold that a person who goes to release his vow must explain upon what he has taken a vow, certainly when the Sage heard that it was because she is a divorcee or a prostitute, that she is forbidden to him through a vow, he will not permit his vow.
עד שיקבל עליו שלא יהא מיטמא למתים - here it is enough for him with acceptance, for we don’t force him to take a vow [of deriving benefit] like concerning the sinful marrying of [forbidden] women, because there, his [evil] inclination overpowers him, [whereas] here, regarding [corpse] defilement, his [evil] inclination does not overpower him. Therefore, with mere acceptance, it is sufficient for him.