[Avodah] How many Korban Pesachs could be sacrificed in 1 day?

[Zev Sero]

On 4/09/2013 6:26 AM, Arie Folger wrote:
> Another problem with 1.2 million Korbanot Pessach in a single day is
> entirely of halakhic nature: we may not slaughter a KP for a single
> individual, as that creates nossar.

Of course not.  That is why nobody suggested such a thing, and in fact the
gemara says they assumed a *minimum* of 10 people per korban.


> I do not know when is the last
> time you say a sheep, but it is fairly vluminous

Not really.  This was Pesach, so the lambs and kids were 1-2 months old,
about 6-8 kg each, which means about 3-6 kg of meat.    And for all we know
this may have been a year in which the decision was *nearly* made to add a
month, which would mean that the lambs and kids were smaller than average,
perhaps only 2 or 3 kg, for 1-1.5 kg of meat.


> ##Since it was to be eaten 'al hasova', we could
> count with at least 50-80 people per korbon, possibly as many as 120.

Again, the gemara says at least 10.  Presumably that would cover the
smallest ones, for families that didn't have a lot of money for another
animal to eat first, so they would have eaten matzah and vegetables first
and then finished the meal with a good helping of lamb.

>
> If you have 1.2 million 'olei regel, you have about 12'000 korbonos, max 24'000.

But we don't have 1.2M olei regel, we have a count of 1.2M korbanos, and
deduce from that a *minimum* population of 12M, plus those who were tamei
or away.

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