Chullin 65a

חולין ס״ה ע״א

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Topic

The two names in בת היענה, signs of kosher and non-kosher birds, and the signs and named species of kosher חגבים

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a proof. A סופר writes בת היענה as two words, so it is two names, and the egg is forbidden too. The גמרא challenges this from כדרלעמר and answers that only בת היענה may be split even across two lines. Next, a ברייתא on the משנה's rule about a bird that is דורס gives several signs of non-kosher and kosher birds. Some signs come from the bird's body, some from how it grips a cord, some from how it catches food, and one from the birds it lives with. אביי narrows the air-catching sign to a bird that also eats in the air. The גמרא also shows that the rule of אחרים can fit the רבנן, since it requires living with the other birds and also looking like them. The גמרא then turns to חגבים. רב פפא requires that the wings cover most of the length and most of the circumference, and a ברייתא permits a חגב that will grow its signs later. The amud ends with two teachings that identify the kosher locust species in the פסוק and add more species from the words 'למינו'. The teaching of the school of רבי ישמעאל continues on the next amud.

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The steps (23)

1. ProofTwo separate words means two names
2. ChallengeChallenge from the name כדרלעמר
3. ResolutionSplit across lines versus split into words
4. StatementQuoting the משנה about any bird that claws
5. Statementרבן גמליאל's signs of kosher and non-kosher birds
6. StatementThe string test of רבי אלעזר ברבי צדוק
7. StatementA bird that catches food in the air
8. ChallengeChallenge from the ציפרתא
9. ResolutionOnly a bird that catches and eats in the air
10. StatementOthers say: a bird is judged by the birds it lives with
11. QuestionWhose view is this? Perhaps רבי אליעזר's
12. RejectionIt can fit the רבנן too: the bird must live with them and also look like them
13. QuestionFor חגבים: what counts as 'most of its body'?
14. ResponseTwo versions of רב: most of the length, or most of the circumference
15. Conclusionרב פפא: the wings must cover both
16. StatementA חגב that will grow its signs later is permitted
17. Statementרבי אלעזר ברבי יוסי learns it from the פסוק
18. QuestionWhat is a זחל?
19. Responseאביי: it is the אסקרא
20. StatementThe four kosher locusts named in the פסוק
21. QuestionWhy does the פסוק say 'after its kind' four times?
22. ResponseFour more kosher species are included
23. StatementThe school of רבי ישמעאל reads the פסוק as general and specific