[Avodah] Farfetched Ukimtas

[Marty Bluke]

Yesterday's daf (Zevachim 22) has another wild ukimta that seems to just be
there to answer a question on an amora and not provide a sterile
environment to learn out a new principle.


Here is the gist of the Gemara:


R. Yosi b'Rebbi Chanina states if the Kiyor does not contain enough water
to be Mekadesh four Kohanim, it is invalid - "v'Rachatzu Mimenu Moshe
v'Aharon u'Vanav."


The Gemara asks a question from the following Baraisa: One may be Mekadesh
from any Keli Shares, whether or not it contains a Revi'is of water (this
is much less then the water needed for 4 people)


Rav Ada bar Acha answers: The case is, the Keli Shares was carved into the
Kiyor (so the water comes from the Kiyor, which contains enough water to be
Mekadesh four Kohanim).


I don't see any way that you can say here that the ukimta is to remove
extraneous dinim etc. The ukimta here seems to serve one and only one
purpose, explain the Barisa that it is not a question on an Amora.
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