Avodah Zarah Daf 24 עבודה זרח דַף 24

On the previous Daf, Rebbe Eliezer derives from the word " וחקיו " ןידימעמ ןיאב ק רפ that a המודא הרפ must be sold to us by a Jew. The Gemara asks that the same derashah can be made regarding items used in the Mikdash. Yet, when Rebbe Eliezer was asked about the extent of םאו בא דוביכ, he related the famous story of the idolator, Dama ben Nesinah: the Sages once sought to purchase stones from him for the דופא of the Kohen Gadol, from which he would profit six (or eight) hundred thousand gold dinars, but the keys to access the stones were under his sleeping father’s pillow, and Dama refused to disturb him. Furthermore, the next year, Hashem rewarded him with a parah adumah born into his herd. The Sages went to purchase it, and he said, םלועבש ןוממ לכ םכמ שקבמ ינא םאש םכב ינא עדוי– “I know that if I ask for all the money in the world for it, יל ןינתונ םתא- you would give it to me. However, I only ask for the amount I lost through honoring my father.” This proves that such items may be purchased from gentiles!? The Gemara answers that they were purchased through לארשי ירגת– Jewish merchants, who bought them from Dama.

An Amora taught that Rebbe Eliezer disqualifies animals bought from idolators to be used for any korban. A Rabbi replied to Rebbe Eliezer that the passuk says that in the time of Moshiach, the flocks of Keidar (idolators) will be brought as korbanos!? Rebbe Eliezer responded: אבל דיתעל םה םירורג םירג םלוכ– they will all be attempted converts in the future, and although they will not be accepted as converts, there will no longer be a concern for העיבר. The Gemara asks that Moshe told הערפ that he would provide them with animals for korbanos, indicating such korbanos would be acceptable, and answers that before  ןתמ הרתwas different, and העיבר did not yet disqualify animals for korbanos. After other challenges are deflected, the Gemara asks that when the םיתשלפ returned the ןורא, the cows which pulled the wagons were brought as תולוע!? It answers: התיה העש תארוה– it was a unique ruling for the moment. The Gemara attempts to prove this from the fact that these female cows were brought as תולוע, which ordinarily must be males. However, the Gemara concludes that on a private המב, even female animals may be used as תולוע.

The passuk says: שמש תיב ךרד לע ךרדב תורפה Shemesh. Rebbe Meir said the word " הנרשיו " " הנרשיו "– the cows walked on a straight path towards Beis teaches הריש ורמאש– that [the cows] recited a song of praise to Hashem. Rav explains: הריש ורמאו ןורא דגנכ םהינפ ורשיש– that they turned their faces towards the Aron and recited a song. The Gemara asks what song they recited, and Rebbe Meir says:  השמ רישי זא לארשי ינבו– then, Moshe and the children of Yisroel sang. Amoraim offer four more opinions as to which pesukim were recited, and Rebbe Yitzchak Nafcha says an original song was recited: הטישה ינור ינור“Sing, sing, acacia [wood] (from which the ןורא was made), ךרדה בורב יפפונתה– be elevated in your great beauty, בהז ימקירב תקשוחמה– [you] who are girded with gold-embroidered garments (plating),  הללוהמה ןומרא ריבדב– who are glorified through the Book of the Palace (the sefer Torah), םיידע ידעב הראופמו– and are adorned with the crown of crowns. Rav Ashi says this last song was recited when they traveled with the ןורא in the רבדמ.