Which Rites of the Bull Truly Invalidate the Offering

"To the bull"—this is the bull of the anointed priest. For what legal purpose? To make it indispensable. "To the bull"—this is the bull of the Day of Atonement. For what legal purpose? To make it indispensable. But that is obvious, for "a statute" is written regarding it! Rav Nachman said: it is needed only according to Rabbi Yehudah, who said that when "a statute" is written, it is written concerning the matters performed in the white garments inside, but as for the matters performed in the white garments outside, if one did a rite before its fellow, what he did is done. One might say: just as when out of order they are not indispensable, so too the sprinklings should not be indispensable; it teaches us otherwise. Rav Pappa objected: can you really say so? But it was taught, "And when he has finished atoning": if he atoned he finished, and if he did not atone he did not finish, the words of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Yehudah said: why should we not say, if he finished he atoned and if he did not finish he did not atone, that is, that if he omitted one of the applications he accomplished nothing? Rather, Rav Pappa said: it is needed only for "the" with the blood, and for the dipping. "The": Rav Acha bar Yaakov said it is needed only to permit the blood on the side of the finger. "With the blood": that there should be in the blood the measure of a dipping from the outset.