Chullin 93b

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Topic

Crushed testicles, removing blood from meat, the two nerves of the גיד הנשה, butchers and leftover חלב, and sending a thigh to a non-Jew.

Overview

The amud opens in the middle of an argument about crushed testicles. One side says they never heal, so they count as אבר מן החי. The other side says they never rot, so they are still alive. רבי יוחנן rules that they are permitted, but tells רב שמן בר אבא to keep his home's strict custom. Next come rules about removing blood: young goats' testicles, then raw meat, testicles and neck veins placed on coals, where the הלכה follows the lenient view of רב אחא. After that, an animal's head is placed in hot ashes, and what matters is whether the blood has a way out. The גמרא then returns to the גיד הנשה. שמואל says it has two nerves, and the גמרא settles two ברייתות against him. Next it rules how much leftover חלב gets a butcher lashes (a כזית) or removed from his job (a barley grain). It also explains, in two versions, why butchers' trustworthiness changed over the generations. Finally a new משנה allows sending a whole thigh with the גיד הנשה to a non-Jew. The גמרא begins to ask what case the משנה means, and that question continues on the next amud.

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The steps (35)

1. StatementWhy one opinion forbids crushed testicles
2. StatementWhy the other opinion permits crushed testicles
3. ResolutionThe forbidding opinion explains why they don't rot
4. ResolutionThe permitting opinion explains why they don't heal
5. Statementרבי יוחנן: permitted, but not for you
6. Statementמר בר רב אשי on young goats' testicles
7. QuestionHow do we know if there is semen?
8. ResponseRed streaks are the sign
9. StatementA dispute about raw meat, testicles, and neck veins
10. ConclusionThe rule for deciding between רב אחא and רבינא
11. StatementSalting or roasting on a spit removes the blood
12. StatementMeat placed on coals: does the blood come out?
13. StatementAn animal's head in hot ashes: which way it lies matters
14. StatementA second version of the head-in-ashes rule
15. StatementThere are two nerves: the inner one carries punishment, the outer one does not
16. ChallengeA ברייתא says the inner nerve is next to the flesh
17. ResolutionThe inner nerve bores into the flesh
18. ChallengeA ברייתא says the outer nerve is next to the bone
19. ResolutionWhere butchers open the leg, the outer nerve is by the bone
20. StatementHow much leftover חלב makes a butcher responsible
21. Resolutionרב פפא: Lashes versus Losing the Job
22. Resolutionמר זוטרא: One Spot versus Several Spots
23. ConclusionThe Final הלכה on Leftover Fat
24. StatementButchers Became Believed
25. ChallengeDid People Get Better?
26. ResolutionThe הלכה Changed, Not the People
27. StatementA second version: the ruling changed to 'not believed'
28. Statementרב נחמן: nowadays butchers are believed
29. ChallengeDid the later generations get better?
30. ResolutionThe switch from רבי יהודה to רבי מאיר, and the butchers forgot
31. ChallengeWho mentioned חלב?
32. ResolutionThe משנה is short for a full argument about both
33. StatementA Jew may send a non-Jew a thigh with the גיד הנשה inside
34. StatementA whole thigh is allowed, a cut thigh is not
35. QuestionWhat situation is the משנה talking about?