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Is a dead bull called a bull? (No..not a Parrot!)
Rabbi Yitzchak Nafcha challenges Rabbi Ami, who says that the word “bull” doesn't include a dead one, from the verse which says that “he must remove the whole bull [brought on a kohen gadol's error] outside of the camp,” even though the bull is dead at that point. The Gemora answers that the verse is only teaching that everything left from the bull (i.e., the whole body) must be taken out.
Rashi observes there are 5 korban Chato'os that have a din of Misa on them.
In an intriguing anecdote the RITVA cites a Pesikta that uses the name VA-TIMNA as an acronym for them.
This leads us to an exploration of her character in Genesis and the use of her (and her sibling Lotan) as a typology for repentance and in the critique of Menasseh and the Sadducees.