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The thirteenth perek of Massekhet Zevaḥim focuses on the prohibition against bringing sacrifices outside of the Temple. The Mishna on our daf discusses the question of whether a sacrifice that is brought outside the Temple must be brought on an altar in order for the person who brought the sacrifice to be deemed liable. According to Rabbi Yosei, without an altar there is no sacrifice, and it cannot be considered a korban that is brought in a forbidden manner. Rabbi Shimon disagrees, arguing that even if the sacrifice was brought on a rock or a stone it is considered an attempt to bring a korban, and the person who performed that service would be held liable.
Much of our daf centers on the interpretation of ish ish in “Any man [ish ish] of the house of Israel…that offers up a burnt offering” (Leviticus 17:8).
We explore the hermeneutic divide as to interpreting merely one repetitive word in the biblical text and the Halachic consequences thereof.