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Chullin 132a

חולין קל״ב ע״א

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Topic

Who receives מתנות כהונה (a כֹּהֶנֶת), which animals owe them (כלאים and כוי), and the משנה on exemptions from the gifts

Overview

This amud opens with עולא defending his practice of giving מתנות כהונה to a כֹּהֶנֶת. He argues that the מנחה passage had to say 'אהרן ובניו' to limit itself to males. Two ברייתות disagree. דבי רבי ישמעאל leaves out a כֹּהֶנֶת, and דבי רבי אליעזר בן יעקב includes her through מיעוט אחר מיעוט. Several אמוראים ate the gifts through their wives, and מרימר rules that the הלכה follows רב, רב חסדא and עולא, as well as רב אדא בר אהבה about a לויה's son. Next a ברייתא asks whether the gifts apply to a כלאים animal and a כוי. רב הונא בר חייא says the חכמים require only half the gifts because of the doubt about the father. רבי יוחנן says a כוי owes all the gifts, since the word 'אם' includes it directly. Finally a new משנה teaches cases where the gifts are not owed. The first is a בכור mixed in with one hundred animals, and the גמרא begins to challenge that ruling.

Opening lines

מִטּוּנָךְ:

From your burden (your own objection):

״אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו״ כְּתוּבִין בַּפָּרָשָׁה.

"Aaron and his sons" are written in the passage.

דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל תָּנָא:

The school of Rabbi Yishmael taught:

״כֹּהֵן״ – וְלֹא כֹּהֶנֶת,

"A priest" means a priest and not a female priest,

The steps (27)

  1. Resolutionעולא turns the objection into a proof
  2. StatementSchool of רבי ישמעאל: a priest, not a female priest
  3. StatementSchool of רבי אליעזר בן יעקב: even a female priest
  4. ConclusionSeveral אמוראים ate the gifts because of their wives
  5. Conclusionמרימר's practical rulings on the gifts
  6. ConclusionA Levite woman's firstborn son needs no redemption
  7. StatementDo the gifts apply to a mixed-breed animal?
  8. ChallengeSetting up a difficulty: the only real case of their argument
  9. StatementWhat the dispute is really about: is a partial sheep still a 'sheep'?
  10. ChallengeThen the כהן should only get half the gifts
  11. ResolutionYes, the חכמים meant half the gifts
  12. Challengeרבי זירא brings the ברייתא about the כוי
  13. StatementThe ברייתא's details: the כוי owes the gifts
  14. ChallengeWhy didn't the ברייתא say 'half the gifts'?
  15. ResolutionThe ברייתא avoided 'half' because of fat and blood
  16. Statementרבי יוחנן: a כוי owes all the gifts
  17. ProofThe extra word 'אם' includes the כוי
  18. QuestionWhat does רבי אליעזר learn from 'אם'?
  19. Response'אם' teaches that the ox and the sheep are separate
  20. QuestionWhere do the חכמים learn to separate?
  21. ResponseThe חכמים learn it from 'מאת זובחי הזבח'
  22. QuestionWhat does רבי אליעזר learn from 'מאת זובחי הזבח'?
  23. ResponseThe claim is made against the butcher
  24. StatementA firstborn animal mixed in with one hundred others
  25. StatementSlaughtering for a כהן or a גוי, and partnerships
  26. StatementBuying a cow's innards that contain the gifts
  27. ChallengeWhy can't the כהן say 'either way, it's mine'?