(Continuation of the Mishnah): The following are the differences between a Bamas Yachid and a Bamas Tzibur (they apply only to a Bamas Tzibur, and all the more so, in the Mikdash);

Semichah, Shechitah (of Kodshei Kodoshim) in the north, Zerikah Soviv (two Matanos that are like four), and Tenufah and Hagashah of Menachos;

R. Yehudah says, (Tenufah and Hagashah do not apply, for) a Minchah is not offered on a Bamah.

Kehunah, Bigdei Shares (Bigdei Kehunah), Klei Shares, Re'ach Nicho'ach (Haktarah must give off a nice smell, therefore limbs may not be roasted beforehand), a separation of (upper and lower) blood, and washing hands and feet.

Intent Chutz li'Zmano, Nosar and Tamei are the same in both.

(Gemara) Question: What does it mean 'outside of its pit'?

Answer #1 (Reish Lakish): It means outside of the place that was checked for it (for Tum'ah).

Objection (R. Yochanan): All of Eretz Yisrael is (Muchzak Tahor, as if it were) checked!

Answer #2 (R. Yochanan): It means inside the wall of Yerushalayim.

Question: Why didn't R. Yochanan establish the case to be that he slaughtered it outside of Yerushalayim, not facing Pesach Ohel Mo'ed?

(Rav Ada bar Ahavah): If he slaughtered it not facing Pesach Ohel Mo'ed, it is Pasul - "v'Shachat... v'Hizah";

Just like Haza'ah must be facing Pesach Ohel Mo'ed, also Shechitah.

Suggestion: Perhaps he does not make a Hekesh between Shechitah and Haza'ah.

Rejection: If the Parah Adumah was not facing Pesach Ohel Mo'ed when it was burned, R. Yochanan says it is Pasul; R. Oshaya says it is Kosher.

(R. Yochanan): It is Pasul - "v'Saraf... v'Hizah" (he makes a Hekesh);

(R. Oshaya): It is Kosher - "Al Pirshah Yisrof." Where it was Poresh (departed from life) to die, there it is burned (this need not be where it was slaughtered. Perhaps it took some steps before it died.)

Answer: R. Yochanan teaches a bigger Chidush:

One might have thought that outside of Yerushalayim (not facing Pesach Ohel Mo'ed) is Pasul, for it is far from Kedushah, but inside Yerushalayim is Kosher. He teaches that this is not so.

(R. Yochanan): All of Eretz Yisrael is (Muchzak Tahor, as if it were) checked!

Question: What do R. Yochanan and Reish Lakish argue about?

Answer: Reish Lakish holds that the flood came (even) to Eretz Yisrael. R. Yochanan holds that it did not.

(Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak): Both expound the same verse - "Eretz Lo Metoharah Hi Lo Gushmah b'Yom Za'am":

R. Yochanan reads the beginning of the verse incredulously. Is not Eretz Yisrael Tahor, like we find that it was spared from the flood?!

Reish Lakish reads the end of the verse incredulously. Eretz Yisrael is not Tahor! Was it not flooded?! (I.e., surely it was!)

Question (Reish Lakish - Beraisa): There were Chatzeros in Yerushalayim built on rocks, with gaps underneath (to shield from Tum'ah, lest there is a Mes buried underneath);

(Some) women would go there to give birth. The children would be raised (in Taharah) to engage in the Parah Adumah;

(They would never become Tamei Mes. They would be used only until the age of nine, but not more, less they experience a Tum'ah (seminal emission) that emanates from their own body.)

The children would ride on boards (to shield from Tum'ah) on top of oxen to draw water in stone Kelim (which are not Mekabel Tum'ah) from a spring. They would be Mekadesh the water with ashes of the Parah Adumah, and sprinkled on the Kohen preparing to perform Parah Adumah during the seven days of his separation.

Summation of question: If Eretz Yisrael is checked, why must the Chatzer be built on top of gaps, and why must the children ride on top of boards?

Answer (Rav Huna brei d'Rav Yehoshua): (Letter of the law, this was not necessary.) It was a stringency of Parah Adumah. (Chachamim were 'lenient' to be Metamei the Kohen shortly before doing it, and he would immerse and perform Parah Adumah when he was a Tevul Yom, to disprove the Tzedukim, who said that a Tevul Yom may not do it. Therefore, Chachamim made many stringenciest to compensate.)

Version #1 - Question (R. Yochanan - Beraisa): Once, bones were found under the chamber (in the Mikdash) where wood was stored. Chachamim wanted to decree that all of Eretz Yisrael is (Safek) Tamei (lest there are bones underneath);

R. Yehoshua opposed the idea: This will be shameful for us to decree Tum'ah on the city of our fathers! Where are the bones of those who died in the flood, or at the hands of (the army of) Nebuchadnetzar (who brought the first Churban)?!

Inference: R. Yehoshua held that we need not be concerned for Tum'ah. He held that people did not die from the flood in Eretz Yisrael!

Counter-question: He also said that we need not be concerned for those killed by Nebuchadnetzar. We know that he killed millions!

Answer: You must say that even though he killed many, we assume that their bodies were moved (to places that normally will not be Metamei people in Eretz Yisrael);

Answer: Likewise, even though the flood killed people in Eretz Yisrael, we assume that the bodies were moved!

Question: If Reish Lakish says that the bodies were moved, why does he say that Eretz Yisrael is not considered checked?

Answer: They were moved outside of Yerushalayim, but not outside of Eretz Yisrael.

Version #2 - Question (Reish Lakish - Beraisa - R. Yehoshua): ...Where are the bones of those who died in the flood, or at the hands of Nebuchadnetzar?!

Just like people really were killed by Nebuchadnetzar, people really died (in Eretz Yisrael) in the flood!

Answer: No, they are different. (People were killed by Nebuchadnetzar and moved away, but the flood did not affect Eretz Yisrael at all.)

Version #1 - Question (Reish Lakish): "Mi'Kol Asher be'Charavah Mesu";

We understand this if the flood encompassed Eretz Yisrael. If it did not, why did people in Eretz Yisrael die?

Answer: They died due to the heat. This is like Rav Chisda;

(Rav Chisda): The generation of the flood sinned through Roschim (semen, which is hot, i.e. Arayos), therefore it was punished with Roschim (boiling water);

It says here "va'Yashoku ha'Mayim", like it says "va'Chamas ha'Melech Shachachah" (which refers to Hash-m's fury).

Version #2 - Question (R. Yochanan against Reish Lakish): "Mi'Kol Asher be'Charavah Mesu";

I explain that the flood did not encompass Eretz Yisrael. There, there was Charavah (dry land);

According to you, where was there dry land?

Answer: It means (that everything that lived on) what was initially dry land (died).

Question: Why does the Torah say this? (Let it say simply that everything died!)

Answer: This teaches like Rav Chisda;

(Rav Chisda): There was no decree for fish to die in the flood - "mi'Kol Asher be'Charavah Mesu", but not fish of the sea.

Question: According to R. Yochanan, we understand how the Re'em (a giant land animal) survived (i.e. it could survive in Eretz Yisrael);

But according to Reish Lakish, how could it survive? (It was too big to fit in the ark!)

Answer #1 (R. Yanai): Infant Re'emim were in the ark.

Question: Rabah bar bar Chanah said that he saw a one-day old Orzila (a sea-Re'em), and it was as big as Har Tavor, which is 40 Parsa'os. Its neck was three Parsa'os long, and the place on which it would rest its head was one and a half Parsa'os (one Parsah is more than 20 times the length of the ark! Ben Yehoyada - here and in the beginning of Bava Basra Perek 5, Rabah bar bar Chanah recounts wondrous things that he saw. He saw them in dreams, or they are parables, and great secrets are hidden in them. Since he did not truly see them, this was not a real question. The Sugya answers the questions in order to sharpen Talmidim.)

It eliminated waste, and this dammed up the Yarden.

Answer #2 (R. Yochanan): Rather, the Re'em was outside the ark. It inserted its head inside (to breathe).

Objection: We said that the resting place of its head was one and a half Parsa'os! (It could not fit inside.)

Correction: Rather, it inserted the end of its nose inside.

Question: R. Yochanan said that the flood did not encompass Eretz Yisrael. He should simply say that it survived in Eretz Yisrael!

Answer: R. Yochanan answered on behalf of Reish Lakish.

Question: (How could it keep the end of its nose inside?) The ark was moving!

Answer (Reish Lakish): It held the ark between its horns.

Question: Rav Chisda taught that they sinned through Roschim and were punished with Roschim! (The boiling water would kill the Re'em!)

Counter-questions: The pitch on the ark could not stand up to Roschim! (R. Yochanan taught that Og survived the flood (he hung onto the ark).) Og could not survive in Roschim!

Answer (to question and counter-questions): Miraculously, the water around the ark was not boiling.

Question: Even though Reish Lakish says that the flood encompassed Eretz Yisrael, he says that the corpses did not remain there! (He should agree with R. Yochanan that all of Eretz Yisrael is (Muchzak Tahor, as if it were) checked!)

(Reish Lakish): Bavel is called 'Metzulah' because all the corpses in the flood Nitztalelu (sunk) to there.

(R. Yochanan): Bavel is called "Shin'ar" because all the corpses in the flood Nin'aru (were shaken) to there.

Answer: Surely, some Tum'ah (parts of corpses) stuck in the mud.

(R. Avahu): Bavel is called "Shin'ar" because it is Mena'er (uproots) its rich inhabitants (of their wealth, for they do not show enough mercy on people.)

Question: We see rich people in Bavel!

Answer: Their wealth does not last three generations.

(R. Ami): Eating dirt of Bavel is like eating one's ancestors (who died in the flood).

Support (Beraisa): Eating dirt of Bavel is like eating one's ancestors;

Some say, it is like eating Shekatzim u'Rmashim (insects that died in the flood.)

(Mishnah): Se'ir ha'Mishtale'ach (is not fit for Pesach Ohel Mo'ed, therefore one is exempt for slaughtering it outside).

Contradiction (Beraisa) Suggestion: Perhaps "Oh Korban" obligates (for Shechutei Chutz) even for Kodshei Bedek ha'Bayis, for they are called Korban - "va'Nakrev Es Korban Hash-m"

Rejection: "V'El Pesach Ohel Mo'ed Lo Hevi'o" - Shechutei Chutz applies only to things proper to be offered in Pesach Ohel Mo'ed. This excludes Kodshei Bedek ha'Bayis.

Suggestion: Perhaps we exclude Bedek ha'Bayis, but not Se'ir ha'Mishtale'ach, which is Kosher for Pesach Ohel Mo'ed!

Rejection: "La'Shem" excludes Se'ir ha'Mishtale'ach, for it is not exclusively for Hash-m (it is sent to Azazel).

Answer #1: The Beraisa discusses before the lottery (both goats are considered Kosher for Ohel Mo'ed, since either could be picked to be the Chatas). The Mishnah discusses after the lottery (the goat that will go to Azazel is not Kosher for Pesach Ohel Mo'ed).

Objection: Even after the lottery, the Se'ir ha'Mishtale'ach is fit for Pesach Ohel Mo'ed. The Kohen confesses on it!

Answer #2 (Rav Mani): The Beraisa discusses before confession, the Mishnah discusses after confession.