Beitzah 22b

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Topic

The second day of ראש השנה, baking thick bread on יום טוב, and רבן גמליאל's leniencies about sweeping and incense, including smoking fruit over coals.

Overview

The amud opens at the end of a challenge to אמימר. אמימר answers that he follows the scholars of נהרדעא: the second day of ראש השנה is like any second day of יום טוב, even for an egg, since אלול has not been made thirty days long since עזרא's time. The גמרא then turns to the משנה's rule that only thin loaves are baked on יום טוב. רב הונא measures 'thick bread' as one טפח, based on the לחם הפנים. רב יוסף objects that the Temple's baking conditions were very different. רב then explains that 'thick bread' really means a large batch, which is forbidden on any יום טוב because of needless effort, and a ברייתא supports this. A new משנה lists three leniencies of רבן גמליאל: sweeping, incense, and a whole-roasted kid on פסח night. A ברייתא about רבן גמליאל's household forces the גמרא to restate רב אסי: the argument is about incense for its smell, and perfuming clothes is forbidden by everyone. Finally, the גמרא discusses smoking fruit with spices, and רב הונא explains that it both puts out and lights the coals.

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The steps (28)

1. ChallengeThe challenge ends: an egg is different
2. Resolutionאמימר follows the scholars of נהרדעא
3. RejectionThe worry about a thirty-day אלול is groundless
4. StatementThe משנה: only thin loaves may be baked
5. StatementA ברייתא: בית שמאי and בית הלל on thick bread for פסח
6. QuestionHow thick is 'thick bread'?
7. Responseרב הונא: one טפח, as with the לחם הפנים
8. Challengeרב יוסף: the לחם הפנים is not a fair comparison
9. ChallengeTemple ovens and wood were different too
10. ResponseThick bread means a lot of bread
11. ResponseAnother version: רב heard it from רבינו הקדוש
12. QuestionWhy call a big batch 'thick'?
13. ResponseTwo reasons for the name
14. ChallengeThen why mention only פסח?
15. ResolutionTrue, but the תנא was talking about פסח
16. ProofA ברייתא says it about every יום טוב
17. StatementThree more leniencies of רבן גמליאל
18. Statementרב אסי limits the incense argument
19. ChallengeA ברייתא about sweeping in רבן גמליאל's house
20. ChallengeThe same ברייתא about incense in רבן גמליאל's house
21. ChallengeThe חכמים answer: then it would be allowed even on שבת
22. Resolutionרב אסי's statement is restated the other way around
23. QuestionMay one smoke fruit with spices on יום טוב?
24. Responseרב forbids it and שמואל permits it
25. Statementרב הונא: it is forbidden because it puts out coals
26. Challengeרב נחמן: why not say it is because it lights fire?
27. ResolutionBoth: first it puts out, then it lights
28. Statementרב יהודה: putting spices on a burning coal is forbidden