Zevachim 94: Laundering/Cleaning Sanctified Objects

A very brief note on today's daf:

• on Shabbat, it is forbidden to launder anything
• it is permitted to add a small amount of water to an item that is dirty
• it is forbidden to squeeze water from an item because that is too much like laundering
• leather is different from other garments in its laundering requirements
• most items are folded over each other and rubbed together to be washed when it is not Shabbat

A new Mishna teaches us that when a garment that has been sprayed with the blood of a sin offering goes beyond the curtains, the Temple courtyard, it must be returned to the courtyard to be laundered in a holy place.  If the garment became impure outside of the courtyard, the garment should be torn, making it ritually pure, and then brought to the courtyard and laundered in a holy place.  

An earthenware vessel that has cooked a sin offering and then leaves the courtyard, it should reenter and be broken in a sacred place.  If the vessel became impure outside of the curtains, it is punctured to become ritually pure and then returned to the courtyard where it is broken in a sacred place. A copper vessel that has cooked an offering and then removed from the curtains should be brought back to the courtyard where it is scoured and rinsed in a sacred place.  If it became ritually impure outside of the courtyard, it is broken by boring a large hole in it and then returned to the courtyard where it is scoured and rinsed in a sacred place.