Zevachim Daf 102 זבחים דַף 102

On the previous Daf, Rav said that Moshe was a Kohen Gadol and received a share in korbanos. This is challenged from a Baraisa which asks, who was מסגיר – “confined” Miriam’s tzaraas? Moshe could not, because he was a זר – non-Kohen, and a זר cannot inspect נגעים. Aharon could not, because he was a relative, who also cannot inspect נגעים. אלא כבוד גדול חלק לה הקדוש ברוך הוא למרים אותה שעה – Rather, Hashem provided great honor to Miriam at that time, and said: אני כהן – “I am a Kohen, ואני מסגירה אני חולטה ואני פוטרה – and I will confine her (צרעת), I will confirm her, and I will release her from it.” This Baraisa states explicitly that Moshe was a זר, and could not inspect נגעים!? Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak answered that the inspection of נגעים is different, דאהרן ובניו כתובין בפרשה – because Aharon and his sons are specifically written in the parshah, so even if Moshe was a Kohen, he could not inspect נגעים.

Tannaim in a Baraisa debate if Moshe was a Kohen: regarding the passuk that says Hashem became angry with Moshe (for resisting the mission to take the Jews out of Mitzrayim), Rebbe Yehoshua ben Korchah said: כל חרון אף שבתורה נאמר בו רושם – with every mention of “burning of anger” in the Torah, an effect is mentioned regarding it (i.e., it is followed by a rebuke, curse, etc.), וזה לא נאמר בו רושם – but this instance does not mention an effect regarding it (i.e., nothing resulted from Hashem’s anger). Rebbe Shimon ben Yochai says this חרון אף also had an effect, because Hashem refers to Aharon as “the Levi,” although he was a Kohen, to say: אני אמרתי אתה כהן והוא לוי – “I said that you would be the Kohen and he would be the Levi. Now, Aharon will be the Kohen, and you will be the Levi.” The Chochomim say that Moshe was never intended to be the Kohen, except during the שבעת ימי המילואים. Some say that Kehunah only ceased from Moshe’s descendants, but Moshe was a Kohen his whole life. The Gemara objects that Moshe left פרעה’s presence "בחרי אף" – in a burning anger, and he did not say anything to פרעה!? Reish Lakish answers: סטרו ויצא – he slapped [פרעה] on the cheek and left.

The Mishnah on Daf 98b taught that even a Kohen who was only tamei during זריקה, but tahor during הטקר חלבים, does not receive a share in korbanos. The Gemara infers that if he was tahor during זריקה, and tamei during הקטר חלבים, he would receive a share. This disagrees with Abba Shaul, who said: לעולם אינו אוכל עד שיהא טהור משעת זריקה עד שעת הקטר חלבים – [a Kohen] can never eat (i.e., receive a share) unless he was tahor from the time of זריקה until the time of הקטר חלבים, because the passuk says: המקריב את דם השלמים ואת החלב – the one who offers the blood of the shelamim and the fat, implying he must be tahor even during the burning of the fat. Rav Ashi asked (according to Abba Shaul): נטמא בינתיים מהו – if he became tamei in between [the זריקה and the הקטר חלבים], what is the halachah? Is it sufficient that he was tahor during both the זריקה and the הקטר חלבים, or must he have been tahor from the זריקה until the הקטר חלבים without any tumah in the interim? The Gemara concludes: תיקו.