Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Beitza 27b - Destroying Teruma T'meiah

Tosafos asks why we assume that terumah temeia cannot be burnt on yom tov, since you are allowed to benefit from it it's ochel nefesh?
Rabbeinu Yitzchok answers that anytime tzorech hedyot and tzorech gavoha are equal, the tzorech govoha is dominant and the tzorech hedyot is batul to it. Tosafos asks, if so why should one be allowed to roast a korban pesach on yom tov, the mitzvah of roasting should be dominant and over power the ochel nefesh aspect? Bec. of this question, tosafos rejects the r"iy.
I think that if the tzorech hedyot and tzorech govoah are equal needs (i.e. sacrificing nedarim and burning terumah temeia for light), the tzorech govoha is dominant and it is assur. Similarly, if there would be an independent mitzvah to roast a korban pesach (even w/o eating), then roasting should also be assur on yom tov bec. the tzorech govoha and tzorech hedyot are equal. But, since the mitzvah is not to roast, rather to eat it roasted, the mitzvah aspect is batul to the tzorech hedyot.
Someone pointed out that the ya'avetz seems to indicate a similar answer (in very few words).

3 comments:

Zvi Katz said...

I was thinking the same thing. when doing pesachim I came across the idea that the korban peasach is the only korban that is specificly letzorach achila but i dont remember where I saw that idea. but tosfos seems to understand that even though it is letzorach achila he still considers it half and half.

Zvi Katz said...

I found the mareh makom Reb Yitzchok Issac Chaver says based on the gemorah in pesachim 78b that korban pesach is the only korbon where acilas balim is meakev the korban. therefore if the basar is tamea even if the chelev is kayam the dam is not nezrak because you can't eat the basar

Avromi said...

Sfas Emes also asks your kasha. RSZ has a different pshat in Tosfos and he says that since the pesach has to be eaten through tzli and not bishul, therefore the achilas tzli has contained the rotzon Hashem just like burning terumah and therefore it is not comparable to nedorim and nedovos.