Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 9 Mishnah 6
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זבחים פרק ט׳ משנה ו׳
And all of those disqualified offerings with regard to which it was taught (84a) that if they ascended they do not descend, in a case where they were dislodged from upon the altar, the priest does not restore them to the altar. And likewise, with regard to an ember that was dislodged from upon the altar, the priest does not restore it to the altar. As for limbs of a fit burnt offering that were dislodged from upon the altar, if they were dislodged before midnight, the priest should restore them to the altar and one is liable for misusing them. But if they were dislodged after midnight, the priest does not restore them and one is not liable for misusing them, as one is not liable for misuse of consecrated property after it has fulfilled the purpose for which it was designated.
וְכֻלָּם שֶׁפָּקְעוּ מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, לֹא יַחֲזִיר. וְכֵן גַּחֶלֶת שֶׁפָּקְעָה מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. אֵבָרִים שֶׁפָּקְעוּ מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, קֹדֶם לַחֲצוֹת, יַחֲזִיר, וּמוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן. לְאַחַר חֲצוֹת, לֹא יַחֲזִיר, וְאֵין מוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן:
Bartenura
וכולם. בין פסולים שעלו דתנן בהו לא ירדו, בין עצמות וגידין שהעלן מחוברים ואכלתם האש:
ופקעו מעל המזבח. לארץ. אסקלטי״ר בלע״ז:
לא יחזיר. אין צריך להחזיר:
וכן גחלת שפקעה. אין צריך להחזיר:
אברים שפקעו כו׳. אי דאית בהו ממש, שבשרם ניכר, אפילו לאחר חצות נמי יחזיר, דלא הוי עיכול. ואי דלית בהו ממש, שנשרפו׳ כולן ונעשו גחלת, אפילו קודם חצות לא יחזיר. אלא הכא במאי עסקינן כגון שנתקשו מחמת האש ששלטה בכולן ונשרפו ולא נעשו פחם אבל כעצים יבשים הם מתוכם:
קודם לחצות ולאחר חצות. ילפינן מקרא דכתיב כל הלילה עד הבוקר, ממשמע שנאמר כל הלילה איני יודע שעד הבוקר, אלא תן בוקר לבוקרו של לילה, שאין צריכין להיות עוד על המוקד, ואיזה בוקר נוסף על בוקרו של לילה שאין צריכין להיות עוד על המוקד, זה חצות. דבוקר של לילה הוא עמוד השחר:
ומועלין בהן. דאכתי בני מזבח נינהו:
ואין מועלין בהן. דכיון דהוו מעוכלים הוו להו דבר שנעשית מצותו ואין מועלים בו:
וכולם – whether invalid that came up as it is taught in the Mishnah (see Mishnah 4 of this chapter) that they don’t go down, whether bones or sinews that were brought up attached and the fire consumed them.
ופקעו מעל המזבח – to the ground. ISKALTIR in the foreign tongue.
לא יחזיר – there is no need to return [them].
וכן גחלת שפקעה – there is no need to return [it].
אברים שפקעו כו' – if they have substance, that their flesh is recognized, even after midnight also he should return [them], for they don’t have half-burned pieces/things attacked by fire that bounded off the altar. And if they don’t have substance, that were all burned and became burning coal, even before they became hard on account of the fire that had power over all of them and hey were burned and did not become charcoal but rather like dry wood from inside them.
קודם לחצות ולאחר חצות – We derive it from Scripture as it is written (Leviticus 6:2): “[The burnt offering itself shall remain where it is burned upon the altar] all night until morning, [while the fire on the altar is kept going on it],” from implying that since it states, “all night/כל הלילה“I don’ know that it is until the morning, but rather, grant morning to the very break of the night, that it is not needed to be any longer on the hearth where the fire is maintained , and which addition morning is on the break of night that doesn’t need to be any longer on the hearth where the fire is maintained? This is midnight, for the break of the night is the crack of dawn (i.e., “dawn’s early light”).
ומועלין בהן – for they are yet part of the altar.
ואין מועלין בהן – because they were half-burned pieces/things attacked by fire that bounded off the altar, they are a thing that it’s command was performed and we don’t commit with it religious sacrilege.