Beitzah 37a

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Topic

Acts forbidden on שבת and יום טוב (רשות, מצוה, שבות), the difference between יום טוב and שבת, and how belongings follow their owner's תחום

Overview

The amud continues the משנה's list of acts that are forbidden on שבת and יום טוב. The גמרא explains why קידושין, חליצה and יבום can be called 'רשות' (optional). It says the 'רשות' acts are forbidden in case a person comes to write. It says הקדש, ערכין and חרמים are forbidden because they look like buying and selling. רב יוסף explains that separating תרומות is forbidden even when the portion is for a כהן that day. The גמרא adds that חלה may be taken from dough made on יום טוב. רבי יצחק then shows that all three lists are שבות, arranged in a 'לא מיבעיא' build-up. Next the גמרא sets our משנה against a משנה that allows lowering produce through a skylight on יום טוב. רב יוסף's answer, which splits the two between רבי אליעזר and רבי יהושע, is rejected by אביי. רב פפא's answer stands: our משנה follows בית שמאי and the skylight משנה follows בית הלל. Finally a new משנה teaches that animals and objects may go only where their owner may walk on יום טוב, and the גמרא begins to discuss it.

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The steps (27)

1. ResolutionBetrothal is optional when he already has a wife and children
2. ChallengeAren't חליצה and יבום a מצוה?
3. ResolutionWhen there is an older brother, the younger brother's יבום is optional
4. QuestionWhat is the reason for all these prohibitions?
5. ResponseA decree in case someone writes
6. StatementConsecrating, ערכין and חרמים are forbidden because they look like buying and selling
7. ChallengeWhy does the משנה need to forbid separating תרומות and מעשרות?
8. ResolutionForbidden even if it will be given to a כהן that day
9. StatementDough made on יום טוב: חלה may be separated
10. ChallengeAre the רשות and מצוה items not שבות?
11. Resolutionרבי יצחק: the משנה builds up step by step
12. ChallengeContradiction from lowering produce through a skylight
13. Resolutionרב יוסף: the two משניות follow different תנאים
14. ProofThe ברייתא: רבי אליעזר's view on an animal and its offspring in a pit
15. ProofThe ברייתא continued: רבי יהושע allows lifting both with a trick
16. Rejectionאביי: Maybe רבי אליעזר would allow saving the produce
17. Rejectionאביי: Maybe רבי יהושע would forbid saving the produce
18. Resolutionרב פפא: One משנה follows בית שמאי, the other בית הלל
19. ProofProof: בית הלל allow carrying out on יום טוב, בית שמאי forbid
20. RejectionMaybe בית שמאי forbid only carrying out, not moving
21. RejectionMoving is connected to carrying out, so the proof stands
22. StatementAnimals and objects follow their owner's boundary
23. StatementObjects owned together by brothers
24. StatementA borrowed object: borrowed before or on יום טוב
25. StatementDough made with a friend's ingredients
26. Statementרבי יהודה: water does not count
27. StatementThe גמרא opens its discussion of the משנה