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§ The Talmud cites further discussion of the two sheep and the two loaves of Shavuot: A baraita states: The two sheep of Shavuot consecrate the two loaves that accompany them only by means of their slaughter.
How so? If one slaughtered the sheep for their own sake, as the peace offerings that are supposed to be sacrificed on Shavuot, and then the priest sprinkled their blood on the altar for their own sake, then the loaves are consecrated. But if one slaughtered them not for their own sake, and the p
The Talmud asks: What is the reasoning of R' Yehuda HaNasi, who holds that the slaughtering of the sheep partially consecrates the loaves even without the sprinkling of the blood?
The Talmud answers: It is based on the fact that it is written concerning the ram brought by the nazirite when he completes his naziriteship: “And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice [zevaḥ] of peace offerings to YHWH, with the basket of unleavened bread” (Numbers 6:17). Since the verse uses the
The Talmud asks: And what is the reasoning of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, who holds that the slaughtering and sprinkling of the blood together consecrate the loaves? The Talmud answers: He derives it from the term: “He shall offer,” which he understands to mean that the loaves are not consecrated