Chullin 36a

חולין ל״ו ע״א

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Topic

Blood and הכשר לטומאה: blood splashed during שחיטה, and whether חבת הקודש works like contact with water

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an earlier point: a פסוק was needed to teach that we may benefit from the blood of פסולי המוקדשין. Next, דבי רבי ישמעאל teaches that blood that spurts out at slaughter (דם קילוח) does not make seeds able to become טמא. A ברייתא then brings a מחלוקת about blood that splashed onto a gourd during שחיטה: רבי says the gourd is מוכשר, and רבי חייא says תולין. רבי אושעיא suggests relying on רבי שמעון, who holds that the שחיטה makes the animal susceptible, not the blood. רב פפא and רב אשי each explain the dispute and the word תולין differently. Each time, the גמרא shows how רבי שמעון and רבי חייא reach the same practical result, so רבי is outnumbered. Finally, ריש לקיש asks whether dry flour of a מנחה, open to טומאה only through חבת הקודש, passes טומאה on to a ראשון and a שני. רבי אלעזר answers from a פסוק, and the גמרא begins to show that his proof comes from an extra פסוק; the discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (17)

1. ResolutionWhy the verse was needed: we might have required burying the blood
2. StatementSpurting blood does not make seeds susceptible to טומאה
3. StatementBlood splashed onto a gourd: רבי and רבי חייא disagree
4. Statementרבי אושעיא: rely on רבי שמעון, who says slaughter makes the animal susceptible
5. Statementרב פפא: The dispute is only when the blood was wiped off
6. Statementרבי חייא's view and the meaning of 'we leave it in doubt'
7. ChallengeHow can רבי חייא be joined with רבי שמעון?
8. ResolutionIn the wiped-off case they agree, so רבי is outnumbered
9. StatementA second reading: 'we leave it in doubt' means forever
10. ChallengeHow can רבי חייא be grouped with רבי שמעון?
11. ResolutionOn burning they agree, so רבי is outvoted
12. ConclusionWhat רבי חייא means: neither eat nor burn
13. QuestionDoes dry flour of מנחות pass on levels of טומאה?
14. Proofרבי אלעזר brings a פסוק to answer ריש לקיש
15. ChallengeSurely ריש לקיש knows that rule
16. RejectionWhat ריש לקיש was really asking
17. Resolutionרבי אלעזר learns from an extra פסוק