Chullin 136a

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Topic

Which מצוות partners owe according to רבי אלעאי, and how far ראשית הגז is compared to תרומה

Overview

The גמרא explains why partners still owe several מצוות, even though רבי אלעאי exempts partners from ראשית הגז. For מזוזה, מעשר, ביכורים, ציצית and מעקה, a פסוק says 'your' in the singular, but another word shows that partners are included. Each singular word then gets its own job, like leaving out a partnership with a גוי, produce from outside ארץ ישראל, a borrowed טלית, or a בית כנסת. For מתנות כהונה, the גמרא concludes that partners' duty is learned from תרומה, and זובחי הזבח teaches that the כהן collects from the butcher. Then רב ביבי בר אביי and רב חנינא מסורא reject these rules, showing from ברייתות that רבי אלעאי also exempts partners from בכורה, מתנות and even תרומה. A ברייתא shows that רבי אלעאי limits מתנות and ראשית הגז to ארץ ישראל, and רבא explains that he learns ראשית הגז from תרומה through the shared word 'giving.' אביי tests how far this comparison goes: some rules of תרומה do not carry over to wool, but the ban on giving from new for old does. The amud ends with אביי challenging the comparison from our משנה about buying a גוי's sheep, and רבא's answer continues on the next amud.

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The steps (49)

1. Resolutionמזוזה goes on the right side, the way you enter
2. ResolutionPartners owe tithes because of a plural word
3. QuestionSo what is 'your grain' teaching?
4. ResponseIt excludes grain shared with a gentile
5. StatementGifts to the כהן: the word 'and he shall give'
6. ChallengeA possible link to the first sheared wool
7. Resolution'Those who slaughter' is plural, so partners owe
8. ChallengeWhy learn from first shearing and not from תרומה?
9. ResolutionThe גמרא agrees: learn from תרומה
10. QuestionSo why does the תורה say 'those who slaughter'?
11. ResponseIt teaches רבא's rule: claim from the butcher
12. Statementביכורים: partners are obligated because of 'their land'
13. QuestionThen what is 'your land' for?
14. Response'Your land' excludes produce outside ארץ ישראל
15. StatementJointly owned garments still need ציצית
16. QuestionWhy does the Torah say the singular 'your covering'?
17. Response'Your covering' teaches that a borrowed טלית is exempt for thirty days
18. StatementA jointly owned roof still needs a מעקה
19. QuestionWhy does the Torah say the singular 'your roof'?
20. Response'Your roof' excludes synagogues and study halls
21. Rejectionרב ביבי rejects the rules: רבי אלעאי exempts partners from בכורה
22. QuestionWhat is רבי אלעאי's reason?
23. ResponseThe singular 'בקרך וצאנך' means a single owner
24. ChallengeBut another פסוק says it in the plural
25. ResolutionThe plural refers to all of the Jewish people
26. Rejectionרב חנינא מסורא: רבי אלעאי exempts partners from מתנות
27. QuestionWhy does רבי אלעאי exempt partners from מתנות?
28. ResponseA גזירה שוה of 'giving' from ראשית הגז
29. ChallengeIf תרומה obligated partners, we would learn from תרומה instead
30. ConclusionSo רבי אלעאי exempts partners from תרומה too
31. ChallengeIf compared to תרומה, should מתנות apply only in ארץ ישראל?
32. Resolutionרבי יוסי מנהרביל accepts it: רבי אלעאי says so explicitly
33. QuestionWhat is רבי אלעאי's source for ראשית הגז?
34. Responseרבא: ראשית הגז is learned from תרומה through the word 'giving'
35. Challengeאביי: Should ראשית הגז make the wool forbidden like טבל?
36. ResolutionThe פסוק limits the כהן's share to the moment it is set aside
37. Challengeאביי: Should ראשית הגז carry מיתה and חומש like תרומה?
38. ResolutionNo death penalty or extra fifth for ראשית הגז
39. ChallengeShould tithes follow ראשית הגז like they follow תרומה
40. ResolutionOnly one separation for ראשית הגז
41. ChallengeCan you give from new wool for old wool
42. Resolutionרבא agrees: no new for old
43. ProofA ברייתא about wool shorn over several years
44. ChallengeA second ברייתא says the wool does not combine
45. ResolutionEach ברייתא follows a different opinion
46. ChallengeShould wool that grew under a גוי be exempt, like תרומה?
47. ProofThe source for the תרומה rule: a field bought from a גוי
48. ChallengeOur משנה obligates sheep bought ready for shearing
49. Resolutionרבא begins his answer about the משנה