Chullin 138b

חולין קל״ח ע״ב

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Topic

End of פרק ראשית הגז, the opening משנה of פרק שילוח הקן, and the גמרא on its phrases and on the exemption of sacrificial birds

Overview

The amud opens by finishing פרק ראשית הגז. From an earlier case the גמרא learns that people do not sell the כהן's gifts. So if the seller kept some wool, he gives ראשית הגז; if he kept none, the buyer gives it. After the הדרן, פרק שילוח הקן begins. Its משנה says the מצוה applies everywhere and at all times, but only to non-sacred, kosher birds that are not מזומן. It compares this to כסוי הדם and ends with a מחלוקת about a male קורא. In the גמרא, רבי אבין and רבי מיישא explain when the משנה's phrases 'בארץ ובחוצה לארץ', 'בפני הבית ושלא בפני הבית' and 'בחולין ובמוקדשין' are needed. They also defend the גיד הנשה case with the idea of איידי. Then the גמרא learns from the פסוק 'שלח תשלח את האם' why sacrificial birds are exempt. רבינא extends this to a kosher bird that killed a person. The גמרא begins asking what exact case רבינא means, and that discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (17)

1. ProofA person does not sell the priest's gifts
2. ConclusionWho gives the first shearing when wool is sold
3. ConclusionHadran — Closing ראשית הגז
4. StatementWhere and when sending away the mother bird applies
5. StatementCovering the blood applies more widely than sending the bird
6. StatementWhat counts as 'not ready at hand'
7. StatementNon-kosher birds and mixed nests are exempt
8. StatementDispute about a male bird sitting on the nest
9. StatementThe phrase 'in the Land and outside the Land' is extra, except for the first shearing
10. StatementThe phrase 'with or without the Temple' is extra, except for an animal and its offspring
11. StatementBoth agree 'with non-sacred and sacred animals' is needed, except for the sciatic nerve
12. ChallengeDidn't we explain the sciatic nerve case as offspring of sacred animals?
13. ResolutionThe earlier explanation was only a fix for redundancy, and redundancy is not a real problem
14. QuestionWhy the mother-bird מצוה does not apply to sacrificial birds
15. ResponseThe verse limits the מצוה to a bird you are commanded to send away
16. StatementA kosher bird that killed a person is also exempt
17. QuestionWhat case is רבינא talking about?