Zevachim 81: Mixed Blood for Sacrifices and Order of Transgressions

Some brief notes on today's daf:

• Sprinkling blood may be the pivotal component of the sacrificial service in the Temple
• Sprinkling closer to the Holy of Holies represents the sacrifice's level of holiness
• Blood aimed for the outer altar in the Temple courtyard (ex. an ordinary sin or guilt offering) might be mixed with blood aimed for the inner sanctuary, the golden altar or the curtain of the Holy of Holies (ex. the inner sin offerings of the High Priest or the community)
• Blood for the altar in the outer courtyard is disqualified if brought to the inner sanctuary
• That blood should be burned
• The Mishna teaches that if these two types of blood are mixed, the mixture should be poured into the drain in the courtyard
• If a priest places the mixed blood first in the inner sanctuary and then on the outer altar, the service is valid after the fact
• If a priest places the mixed blood first by the outer altar and then on the inner altar, the blood on the outer altar would become disqualified when brought into the sanctuary
• Rabbi Akiva argues that in this case, all blood would be invalid because it should not have entered the sanctuary
• The Sages "limit the disqualification" to the case of a sin offering because that is the case specifically mentioned in the original source (Vayikra 6:23)
• Rabbi Eliezer is in agreement with the Sages with the addition of a guilt offering because the Torah equates sin and guilt offerings