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Chullin 110a

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Topic

The udder (כחל): the ברייתא's wording, the source of רב's strict ruling, and stories about local customs of eating udders

Overview

This amud opens by finishing an explanation of the ברייתא's wording: it said 'cooked' about the udder only to match its second clause. Next, רבי אלעזר asks whether any תנא taught רב his strict ruling on udders. In one version, רב יצחק בר אבודימי says he never taught it. רב made a protective fence after seeing that the people of טטלפוש did not even know that בשר בחלב is forbidden. In a second version, he taught about a nursing animal's udder but said only 'udder'. The גמרא then tells of רבין, who refused an udder dish at רב פפי's house, and אביי's argument that the dish was surely permitted. Finally, רמי בר תמרי from פומבדיתא eats udders in סורא, where people do not eat them. רב חסדא questions him about the local custom, the grape seeds he roasted with (יין נסך and theft), his not wearing תפילין, and his garment without ציצית. His answer about the borrowed garment continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

שֶׁבִּשְּׁלָהּ בַּחֲלָבָהּ – אֲסוּרָה,

[In the second clause:] that one cooked in its milk – is forbidden,

דַּאֲפִילּוּ דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא,

where even after the fact it is also not [allowed],

תְּנָא נָמֵי רֵישָׁא שֶׁבִּשְּׁלָהּ.

[so] the תנא also taught the first clause as 'that one cooked it.'

כִּי סְלֵיק רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר,

When רבי אלעזר went up [to ארץ ישראל],

The steps (22)

  1. ResolutionWhy the ברייתא said 'cooked' in the first clause
  2. QuestionDid any teacher teach רב that the udder is forbidden?
  3. Responseרב made a protective fence on his own
  4. ProofThe story in טטלפוש that led to רב's fence
  5. ResponseA second version: he taught about a nursing animal's udder
  6. StatementTwo sages are served an udder dish
  7. Proofאביי argues the dish was surely permitted
  8. StatementDifferent customs and the man who ate thrown-out udders
  9. Challengeרב חסדא asks why he did this
  10. ResolutionI come from a place where udder is eaten
  11. ChallengeA traveler keeps the stricter rules of both places
  12. ResolutionHe ate them outside the town boundary
  13. QuestionWhat did you roast them with?
  14. ResponseHe roasted them with grape seeds
  15. ChallengeMaybe the seeds came from idolatrous wine
  16. ResolutionThe seeds were over twelve months old
  17. ChallengeMaybe the grape seeds were stolen
  18. ResolutionThe owners had given up on the seeds
  19. ChallengeWhy aren't you wearing תפילין?
  20. ResolutionIntestinal illness exempts from תפילין
  21. ChallengeWhy does your garment have no ציצית?
  22. ResolutionIt is a borrowed garment