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Rabbi Joseph Dana

Torah Lecture

Masechet Kiddushin Perek 1 Mishnah 8

Lectured by Rabbi Joseph Dana

Published
September 24, 2024
Duration
2:01
Lecture code
RJD-MK-1-8

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The Mishnah says that women do not get involved in leaning on the head of an animal before it is sacrificed or waving around certain parts of the korbanot (offerings). These two things are usually done by the owner of the korban. When the owner is a woman, she does not do either of these things: leaning and waving the animal. The list also includes bringing the minchah offerings toward the Mizbeach (altar). The kemitzah is removing a fistful of the minchah offering: a scoop that goes in the middle three fingers of a hand, scooping from the minchah offering, the flour. The list also includes burning the offerings on the Mizbeach, slitting the neck of the bird offerings, sprinkling the blood of the korbanot, and kabbalah, receiving the blood of the animal offerings. All of these are done by men, not by women. As we said, the first two—the leaning and the waving of the animal—are usually done by the owner of the korban, but not when the owner is a woman. The other things we mentioned are done by male kohanim (priests), only those who are working in the Beit HaMikdash.

But there are two exceptions: Chutz mi-minchat sotah u-nezirah shehen menifot (Except for the meal offering of a sotah and a female nazir, which they wave). Women don't do any of the procedures that we mentioned above, except for the minchah of the sotah, the woman who's accused of adultery, and also a minchah of a nezirah, a woman who takes nezirut (Nazirite vow) upon herself. We say, shehen menifot. They do wave their offerings, as the Torah states specifically. So therefore, when it comes to the sotah, she brings the minchah offering which she waves. And when it comes to the nezirah, she waves some of the minchah with a part of the animal.