Chullin 43a

חולין מ״ג ע״א

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Topic

The categories of טרפות, רבי יוחנן's rulings on the gallbladder, liver and gizzard, and holes in the layers of the gullet and gizzard

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an earlier count of the טרפות in the משנה. עולא then teaches that all טרפות fit into eight basic types told to משה at סיני, and חייא בר רבא says the type called נקובה has eight cases. He explains that the perforated gallbladder is only the view of רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה. Next comes a series of rulings from רבי יוחנן. The הלכה follows רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה on the gallbladder, since איוב survived only by a miracle. On a removed liver, a כזית must remain, and the גמרא shows that his students report his view differently. Two more rulings follow: a pierced gallbladder sealed by the liver is kosher, and a pierced gizzard with its inner lining whole is kosher. The גמרא then discusses organs with two layers, including the gullet's red outer layer and white inner layer, and holes in both layers that do not line up. Finally רבה teaches that a scab over a hole in the gullet does not count as a covering, and that the gullet must be checked from the inside. The amud ends by asking when that last rule makes a practical difference, and the answer comes on the next amud.

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The steps (27)

1. ResolutionKeep the two cases you removed in the count
2. Statementעולא: Eight basic types of טרפה were given at סיני
3. StatementThis excludes רכיש בר פפא's diseased organ
4. Statementחייא בר רבא: Eight טרפות of perforation
5. ResolutionWhy not nine? The gallbladder is one sage's view
6. ProofProof from a ברייתא that the gallbladder is a lone opinion
7. StatementMemory aid for the coming statements
8. Statementרבי יוחנן rules like רבי יוסי son of רבי יהודה
9. ChallengeThe colleagues challenge from Job's gall poured out
10. Resolutionרבי יוסי answers that a miracle is different
11. Statementרבי יוחנן rules that an olive-bulk of liver must remain
12. ChallengeThis contradicts רבי יוחנן's rule about an unattributed משנה
13. ResolutionTwo אמוראים disagree about רבי יוחנן's view
14. StatementA pierced gallbladder that the liver seals is kosher
15. StatementA pierced gizzard with its inner lining whole is kosher
16. QuestionWhat if only the inner lining is pierced?
17. Proofרב נחמן: one layer pierced without the other is kosher
18. Statementרבא: the gullet has two layers, red outside and white inside
19. QuestionWhy mention the colors?
20. ResponseIf the colors are switched, the animal is treif
21. QuestionBoth layers pierced, but the holes don't line up
22. Responseמר זוטרא: kosher in the gullet, unfit in the gizzard
23. Challengeרב אשי: it should be the other way around
24. ConclusionThe correct report of מר זוטרא matches רב אשי
25. StatementA scab over a wound in the gullet is not a real membrane
26. StatementThe gullet must be checked from the inside
27. QuestionWhat practical difference does this rule make?