Chullin 134a

חולין קל״ד ע״א

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Topic

Keeping the gifts when a כהן sells his animal, who the כהן claims from, and how doubts about a convert's obligations are decided

Overview

The גמרא first tests the rule that a כהן who sells his animal 'חוץ מן המתנות' keeps the gifts. It explains that 'חוץ' holds the gifts back, while whether 'על מנת' does so is a מחלוקת between two ברייתות. Next, רב and רב אסי argue whether a כהן can also claim the maw from the butcher who weighed the innards. The גמרא traces their argument to whether מתנות כהונה can be stolen. A new משנה rules that a גר whose cow was slaughtered before he converted is exempt from the gifts, and in a case of doubt he is also exempt. ריש לקיש challenges this from רבי מאיר's rule that doubtful לקט goes to the poor, and he rejects רבי יוחנן's answer. רבא explains that the cow starts out exempt while standing grain starts out obligated. When אביי asks about a convert's חלה, רבא answers that doubts about a prohibition are strict and doubts about money are lenient. רב חסדא's list of a convert's eight doubts supports this, and the four exempt cases continue on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. ChallengeA ברייתא where the condition does not keep the gifts
2. Resolution'Except' holds back, 'on condition' does not
3. ChallengeAnother ברייתא: 'on condition' does keep the gifts
4. ResolutionThe two ברייתות disagree about 'on condition'
5. StatementQuoting the משנה about buying the innards
6. Statementרב: if the butcher weighed, the butcher can also be claimed from
7. Statementרב אסי: the claim is always with the buyer
8. QuestionSuggesting the argument depends on רב חסדא's rule
9. RejectionEveryone accepts רב חסדא; the real question is whether the gifts can be stolen
10. StatementAnother version: the argument taught on its own
11. StatementNew משנה: a convert's cow slaughtered before or after his conversion
12. StatementThe משנה's rule: when in doubt, exempt
13. ChallengeAnt holes in the field: doubtful gleanings go to the poor
14. ResolutionThat opinion of רבי מאיר comes from only one report
15. Challengeריש לקיש says the strict ruling has a real reason
16. ProofThe verse teaches: be generous to the poor from your own
17. ResolutionThe cow starts exempt and the crop starts obligated
18. Challengeאביי challenges from a convert's dough
19. ResolutionDoubts about prohibitions are strict, doubts about money are lenient
20. ProofEight doubts for a convert, and the four where he is obligated