In the last Mishnah, we spoke about a case in which a disqualified person received the blood. The Avodah (service) would then become problematic if you did not have another Kohen (priest) come, receive blood as well, and continue the service from there. If a qualified person did perform the Kabbalah (receiving the blood)—if he caught the blood coming out of the animal’s neck—but then handed it to a disqualified person or placed it in a position or place that was problematic before walking it to the Mizbeach (altar), what happens? The Mishnah says: If a qualified Kohen received the blood and handed it to a disqualified individual, then that unqualified individual should hand it back to the qualified Kohen. If the unqualified individual brought it to the Mizbeach and completed the Avodah, that would be a problem. But since the disqualified person here didn’t do anything—he just held on to it momentarily—he could simply pass it back to the qualified Kohen. The qualified Kohen could then take it from there and use that blood to finish the Avodah. But if the disqualified person walked it to the Mizbeach, for example, that would be an issue, and the whole Korban (offering) would become disqualified.
In another case, if a qualified Kohen received the blood in a bowl with his right hand and handed it to his own left hand, he should return it to the right hand and then bring it to the Mizbeach to complete the offering. This follows the view of Tanna Kama (first tanna), as we said in the last Perek (chapter), the first Mishnah, who said that the Avodah of receiving the blood has to be done with the right hand. So here, since it was only passed temporarily to the left hand and no Avodah was done with the left hand, the blood could still be used to complete the Korban.
If he received the blood in a Kli Kodesh, Kli Sharet, a sacred vessel, and then took the blood and poured it into a non-sacred vessel, he should simply pour the blood back into the sacred vessel and complete the Korban. Again, since no Avodah was done with the blood while it was in the non-holy vessel, the blood did not become disqualified, and he is allowed to use it to complete the offering. In another case, the blood was received properly, then fell into a Kli Sharet, and then fell onto the floor. He gathered up the blood and put it back into the vessel. The blood is still valid, and the Korban could continue with the Avodah, even though we learned in the first Mishnah of the last Perek that if the blood falls to the floor, it becomes disqualified. That is only when it goes directly from the animal’s neck to the floor. It can’t be gathered up and used. But if it was originally received correctly—the Kabbalah took place when it was caught appropriately in the Kli Sharet—and then spilled on the floor, it would not become disqualified by spilling on the floor afterward.
We’ll talk about a case where an unqualified person—an important part—the person here was unqualified—threw the blood onto the wrong part of the Mizbeach or onto the wrong Mizbeach. If the unqualified person threw the blood onto the wall of the ramp leading up to the Mizbeach, but not onto the wall of the Mizbeach itself, or put the blood on a wall of the Mizbeach that is not opposite the base, where it should really go, or took blood that should have been put on the lower part of the Mizbeach and put it on the upper part, or took blood that should have been put on the top part of the Mizbeach and put it below, or took blood that should have been put inside the Heichal, the building, which is the inner Mizbeach, and put it on the outside, on the outer Mizbeach, or took blood that should have been put on the outside, on the outer Mizbeach, and put it on the inside, in the Heichal of the Mizbeach. In all of these cases, an improper, unqualified person is putting the blood in the wrong spot.
We say that if there is still lifeblood left in the animal, if the animal is still alive and blood is coming out, a qualified person should go and receive more blood and throw it on the proper part of the Mizbeach. Normally, when blood is put on the wrong part of the Mizbeach or on the wrong Mizbeach, we say that the Avodah is finished in a problematic way, and you cannot repeat that part of the service. But that only applies when a qualified Kohen who can do Avodah makes the mistake. In our case, the person wasn’t qualified to do the Avodah; he wasn’t allowed to put the blood in the wrong spot. It is not considered Avodah at all. So the Avodah was never done, and it accomplished nothing. Therefore, if there is still blood coming out of the animal, a qualified Kohen could continue to catch the blood, walk it to the Mizbeach, and throw it in the proper place.