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Beitzah 15a

ביצה ט״ו ע״א

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Topic

Sending items on יום טוב (כלאים fabrics, shoes, תפילין) and what to do with תפילין when the holy day begins.

Overview

The גמרא finishes explaining how the משנה can allow sending כלאים garments on יום טוב: it means hard fabrics like felt. רב פפא, רבא and רב אשי then discuss felt socks, coin bundles and seed pouches. Next the גמרא explains the משנה's list of shoes. A סנדל המסומר may not be worn because of a past tragedy, but אביי proves from the משנה's wording that it may be moved. An unsewn shoe may not be sent even if it is pinned together. רבי יהודה and רבי יוסי only seem to argue about white and black shoes, since each followed how shoes were made in his town. The משנה's general rule is read to allow sending anything usable on a weekday, so רב ששת permits sending תפילין. אביי then teaches what to do if one is still wearing תפילין when the holy day begins. The גמרא settles the clash with a ברייתא and a משנה by sorting out how safe the תפילין are from dogs and thieves. The chapter ends with the הדרן.

Opening lines

אֶלָּא בְּקָשִׁין,

Rather, it means hard ones,

וְכִי הָא דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

and like what Rav Huna son of Rav Yehoshua said:

הַאי נַמְטָא גַּמְדָּא דְּנַרֶשׁ — שַׁרְיָא.

this hard felt of Neresh is permitted.

אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא:

Rav Pappa said:

The steps (23)

  1. ResolutionThe משנה is talking about hard fabrics
  2. StatementFelt socks have no כלאים problem
  3. Statementרבא: coin bundles are allowed, seed pouches are not
  4. Statementרב אשי: both kinds of bags are allowed
  5. QuestionWhy is a spiked sandal not allowed?
  6. ResponseBecause of a past tragedy
  7. Statementאביי: you may not wear it, but you may move it
  8. ProofProof from the משנה's wording that moving is allowed
  9. ChallengeWhy would the משנה need to forbid an unsewn shoe?
  10. ResolutionThe case is a shoe held together with pins
  11. Statementרבי יהודה forbids sending a white shoe
  12. Statementרבי יוסי forbids sending a black shoe
  13. ResolutionThey don't really argue; each followed his own town
  14. Statementרב ששת allows sending תפילין on יום טוב
  15. Challengeאביי challenges רב ששת from the משנה
  16. ResolutionThe rule means usable on a weekday
  17. Statementאביי: Cover the תפילין with your hand until you get home
  18. ChallengeA ברייתא says only to the nearest house
  19. ResolutionGuarded versus not guarded
  20. ChallengeThen why must they be on his head?
  21. ResolutionSafe from thieves and dogs versus safe only from dogs
  22. ConclusionEven Jewish thieves are a concern
  23. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter ביצה