Sunday, August 28, 2022

Outside The Boundary

 לֹ֥א תוּכַ֖ל לִזְבֹּ֣חַ אֶת־הַפָּ֑סַח בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־י״י֥ אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ

The Bechor Shor says והוא הדין לשאר קרבנות, אלא משום דכתיב: בכל מושבותיכם תאכלו מצות (שמות י״ב:כ׳) סלקא דעתך אמינא: מה מצה נוהגת בכל ארץ ישראל, אף פסח כן, קמשמע לן.  This is the opinion of Rashi Zevachim (114b) as well. 

The Rambam has a different opinion however.  He says (Korban Pesach 1:3)  וְכָל הַמַּקְרִיב אֶת הַפֶּסַח בְּבָמַת יָחִיד לוֹקֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים טז ה) "לֹא תוּכַל לִזְבֹּחַ אֶת הַפָּסַח בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ". מִפִּי הַשְּׁמוּעָה לָמְדוּ שֶׁזּוֹ אַזְהָרָה לַשּׁוֹחֵט בְּבָמַת יָחִיד אֲפִלּוּ בִּשְׁעַת הֶתֵּר הַבָּמוֹת.  He understands that the possuk is talking about korban pesach only.  

The backdrop of this Rambam is in Zevachim (114b) which says that the possuk is referring to the time of heter bammot and there is still an issur for the korban pesach to be shected.  Rashi understands the Gemarah is not a rule specific to korban pesach but is a din in all korbanot that are an obligation.  According to Rashi the possuk is telling us that the type of korban that is like a pesach, an obligation, can't be offered on a bammah, the heter of bammah does not apply to those types of korbanot.  However, the Rambam holds this is an issur unique to the korban pesach. 

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