Beitzah 40a

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Topic

Whose תחום objects follow on יום טוב (guests' portions, deposits, רב חנא's meat), and which animals are מוקצה for slaughter

Overview

The משנה rules that guests may not carry home food their host gave them on יום טוב, unless he transferred ownership to them on ערב יום טוב. The reason is that objects follow the 'feet' (the תחום) of whoever owned them when יום טוב began. The גמרא brings a dispute about produce left with a friend for safekeeping. רב says it follows the keeper, and שמואל says it follows the owner. A suggested link to a damages dispute between the חכמים and רבי is rejected by both. רב's view is then challenged from the משנה twice and defended with the idea of a 'corner set aside' for the owner, and also with the point that a full transfer of ownership is different. The story of רב חנא בר חנילאי's meat on the door bar raises several challenges. The גמרא finally rereads it as a question of meat left unwatched, not a question of תחום. A new משנה then teaches that household animals may be slaughtered on יום טוב but desert animals may not, because they are מוקצה. A ברייתא and רבי argue over how to define desert animals. The גמרא begins to ask whether רבי holds of מוקצה at all, and that discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (25)

1. StatementGuests may not carry home their portions
2. StatementProduce left with a friend: whose boundary?
3. QuestionLinking the dispute to a damages משנה
4. Questionרב rules like חכמים, שמואל like רבי
5. Rejectionרב: my view works even according to רבי
6. Rejectionשמואל says his view works even according to the חכמים
7. ChallengeChallenge to רב: the משנה says produce follows an owner who made an עירוב
8. ResolutionAnswer: the keeper set aside a corner for the owner
9. ChallengeSecond challenge to רב: the guests' food portions
10. ResolutionAnswer: transferring ownership works like setting aside a corner
11. ResolutionAnother answer: transferring ownership is a different case
12. Statementרב חנא's meat on the door bar and רב הונא's ruling
13. ChallengeHow can he take meat he hung himself, if deposits follow the keeper?
14. ResolutionThe door bar counts like a corner set aside for him
15. Challengeרב הלל challenges from שמואל's ox of a fattener
16. Challengeרבינא challenges from the halacha like רבי דוסא
17. Challengeרב אשי challenges from the משנה about animals and vessels
18. ResolutionA new reading of רב חנא's case: it was about paying attention to the meat
19. Statementמשנה: household animals may be slaughtered on יום טוב, desert animals may not
20. QuestionWhy does the משנה mention watering?
21. ResponseA practical tip: water the animal before slaughtering
22. Statementברייתא: how the תנא קמא defines desert and household animals
23. Statementרבי: only animals that never come into town are desert animals
24. ChallengeDoes רבי accept the idea of מוקצה at all?
25. Proofרבי's son asks him about unripe dates