Chullin 110b

חולין ק״י ע״ב

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Topic

The end of the story of רמי בר תמרי in רב חסדא's town, and אביי's question about whether cooked liver (כבדא) makes other meat forbidden.

Overview

This amud finishes the story of רמי בר תמרי in the town of רב חסדא. First he explains why he wore a garment without ציצית: a borrowed טלית is exempt for thirty days. Then a man who did not honor his parents is brought in to be flogged. רמי בר תמרי stops it with a ברייתא: a positive מצוה whose reward is written next to it in the Torah is not enforced by an earthly court. רב חסדא praises his sharpness. The גמרא then turns to liver. אביי asks רב ספרא to find out how the sages of ארץ ישראל treat it, and רב זריקא reports that he cooked liver for רבי אמי, who ate it. אביי says this misses his point: he wants to know whether liver makes other meat in the pot forbidden. רב ספרא challenges him from a משנה that seems to answer this, and אביי begins to reply that the משנה may be about forbidden liver. His answer continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (9)

1. ResponseA borrowed garment is exempt from ציצית for thirty days
2. StatementA man who did not honor his parents is brought for punishment
3. ProofA court does not enforce a מצוה whose reward is written next to it
4. Conclusionרב חסדא praises רמי בר תמרי's sharpness
5. Questionאביי asks how the sages of ארץ ישראל treat liver
6. Responseרב זריקא cooked liver for רבי אמי and he ate it
7. Rejectionאביי explains that the report does not answer his real question
8. Challengeרב ספרא challenges: the same משנה answers both questions
9. Resolutionאביי answers: the משנה may be about forbidden liver