And you shall slaughter therein your burnt-offerings and

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 11:8

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 8, 2025

"And you shall slaughter therein your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings." This tells me only of burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. Whence do I derive (the same for) all offerings/ This tells me (that it is permitted to slaughter on the altar only burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. Whence do I derive (the same for) all offerings? From (Ibid. 20:21) "your sheep and your cattle."—But this would imply that he could slaughter there both offerings and non-offerings! Would you say that? What is the context? That of offerings (and not of non-offerings).

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