Zevachim 96: Cleaning Blood From Vessels - an Example of Rav Sheshet and Rami bar Chama

Brief notes about today's daf:

• Rabbi Yitzchak bar Yehuda was a regular student of Rami bar Chama
• He then studied under Rav Sheshet
• Rami bar Chama asked Rabbi Yitzchak bar Yehuda if he assumed that the fragrance on the hand of the chief of taxes came to his hand
• This implied that Rav Sheshet's greatness might rub off on Rabbi Yitzchak bar Yehuda
• Rabbi Yitzchak bar Yehuda explained why he switched teachers: he was confused by logical explanations that were contradicted by Mishnaot; Rav Sheshet would quote another Mishnaic ruling and so the full disagreement was understood
• Rami bar Chama asks to be challenged with a question
• Rabbi Yitzchak asks about the halacha of the Mishna requiring cleaning the blood from the vessels in the Temple
• Rami bar Chama gave a logical explanation of the ruling which was contradicted by a baraita
• Rami bar Chama was a student of Rav Chisda known for his logic and his knowledge of the oral traditions of the baraitot; he was known as Sinai, the centre of Torah knowledge