Avodah Zarah 60b

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Topic

Which kinds of contact by a גוי make Jewish wine forbidden: a split barrel, a winepress, and the משנה's cases of a loan, indirect contact, and a barrel thrown in anger.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a story about a barrel that split while a גוי hugged it closed. If it split lengthwise, the wine may only be sold to גוים. If it split widthwise, even drinking is allowed, because he was just acting like a brick. רב אשי then explains how to clean a winepress a גוי stood in. A new משנה follows with several cases. A גוי found by the vat forbids the wine only if the owner owes him money. When a גוי fell in or touched the wine indirectly, the חכמים say it may be sold and רבי שמעון permits it. A barrel thrown in anger was declared fit. In the גמרא, שמואל limits the loan case to a loan tied to that wine, and רב אשי proves this from the בית שאן משנה. רב פפא adds that a גוי who came out of the vat alive forbids the wine, because he treats his rescue like a holiday. The גמרא praises רבי שמעון's all-or-nothing view but rules against him. Finally, רב אשי compares a גוי's contact to a זב's, and רב הונא challenges this comparison from the words "in his anger."

Opening lines

The steps (22)

1. StatementA gentile hugs a barrel that split lengthwise
2. StatementLimiting the ruling to a lengthwise split
3. QuestionWhy is the widthwise case fully permitted?
4. ResponseHe is just acting like a brick
5. StatementA gentile standing in a winepress
6. Statementמשנה: a gentile found next to the wine vat
7. Statementמשנה: indirect contacts where the wine may be sold
8. Statementמשנה: a barrel thrown into the vat in anger
9. Statementשמואל limits the loan case to a loan tied to that wine
10. Proofרב אשי brings support from the case in בית שאן
11. ProofThe lesson from 'he does not let him'
12. ConclusionThe גמרא agrees with the proof
13. Statementרב פפא: only if the גוי came out dead
14. QuestionWhy does it matter if he came out alive?
15. ResponseHe treats his rescue like a holiday
16. StatementThe משנה's pole cases: sold, but רבי שמעון permits
17. Statementרב אדא בר אהבה praises רבי שמעון's consistency
18. StatementTraditions that the הלכה follows רבי שמעון
19. ConclusionThe final ruling: the הלכה does not follow רבי שמעון
20. StatementThe משנה's angry barrel-throwing case
21. Statementרב אשי: a גוי's touch works like a זב's touch
22. Challengeרב הונא challenges רב אשי from the word "in his anger"