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Meilah 2:9-3:1

Meilah 2:9

The laws of misappropriation apply to the handful of flour, the frankincense, the incense, the flour offerings of a kohein and of the Kohein Gadol, and the libations from the time these things are consecrated. Once they have been sanctified by being put in a Temple service vessel, they become subject to disqualification via contact with a t’vul yom (who is awaiting nightfall for purification) and one who must bring a sacrifice to complete his atonement, as well as by being left overnight. They are also subject to nosar and ritual impurity but not to piggul. The general rule is that whatever has a means to render it permissible is not subject to piggul, nosar or ritual impurity until the thing that renders it permissible has been done; whatever does not have a means to render it permissible becomes subject to nosar and ritual impurity as soon as it has been sanctified in a service vessel but piggul doesn’t apply to it.

Meilah 3:1

The offspring of a sin offering, an animal exchanged for a sin-offering and a sin offering whose owner has died are all left to die. If a sin offering’s year has passed or if it was lost and later found blemished, then if the owner already acquired atonement (by bringing another sacrifice), it is left to die, it cannot create a temurah, it is prohibited to benefit from it and the laws of misappropriation don’t apply to it. If the owners have not yet received atonement, then the animal is left to graze until it develops a blemish; it is then sold and the proceeds are then used to buy another. It can create a temurah and the laws of misappropriation apply to it.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz