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Chullin 6a

חולין ו׳ ע״א

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Topic

The decrees against the כותים, and whether a mixture containing דמאי is permitted.

Overview

The גמרא first proves that רבי זירא accepted the report that רבן גמליאל forbade a כותי's שחיטה even when a Jew watches. It then explains why the decree was made. After an old man warned רבי שמעון בן אלעזר with a פסוק, רבי מאיר decreed against the כותים, because some of them worshipped a dove image on הר גריזים, and he takes a minority into account. The גמרא also explains that the plain meaning of that פסוק is about a student sitting before his teacher. Later, רבי אמי and רבי אסי made the כותים 'complete גוים'. Their ban on שחיטה and wine was finally accepted, and 'complete גוים' also means they lose a Jew's power to give up courtyard rights on שבת. Then רבי זירא sees רב אסי eat eggs cooked in wine and proves that a ready-made mixture with דמאי is permitted. The amud ends by answering challenges from a ברייתא about leaven and spices and from a משנה about a mother-in-law who swaps food.

Opening lines

וְאִי סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּיךְ

And if it enters your mind

לָא קַבְּלַהּ מִינֵּיהּ,

that he did not accept it from him,

לִישַׁנֵּי לֵיהּ:

let him answer it for himself:

כָּאן כְּשֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל עוֹמֵד עַל גַּבָּיו,

here, when a Jew is standing over him,

The steps (29)

  1. ProofProof that רבי זירא accepted the report about רבן גמליאל
  2. QuestionWhy did the Rabbis decree against the כותים?
  3. ResponseThe story of רבי שמעון בן אלעזר and the wine of the כותים
  4. QuestionWhy were the כותים not trusted?
  5. ResponseA dove idol on הר גריזים
  6. ResolutionWhy the whole group was banned because of a few
  7. QuestionWhat does the פסוק plainly mean?
  8. ResponseThe פסוק is about a student before his teacher
  9. ResponseHow a student should treat his teacher
  10. Statementרבי אמי and רבי אסי make the כותים full גוים
  11. ChallengeWasn't this already decreed earlier?
  12. ResolutionThe first decree was not accepted, the second one was
  13. QuestionWhat does 'complete גוים' mean?
  14. ResponseGiving up and giving over rights in a courtyard
  15. ProofA ברייתא about a Jew who breaks שבת and courtyard rights
  16. StatementThe reason: a Jew gives up rights, but a גוי must be rented from
  17. QuestionHow does a Jew give up his rights?
  18. ResponseSaying the words is enough
  19. Statementרבי זירא and רב אסי are served eggs cooked in wine
  20. Challengeרבי זירא asks: aren't you worried about דמאי?
  21. Responseרב אסי: It did not cross my mind
  22. StatementA צדיק would not be allowed to stumble
  23. ProofA ready-made mixture with דמאי is permitted
  24. ChallengeChallenge from dough and a pot given to a neighbor
  25. ChallengeThe end of the ברייתא: worry about her leaven and spices
  26. ResolutionAsking her to use her own counts as mixing it himself
  27. Resolutionרפרם: leaven and spices give taste, and taste is not cancelled
  28. ChallengeWhy not worry that she swapped his ingredients?
  29. ResolutionThe mother-in-law has a special reason to swap