Chullin 95a

חולין צ״ה ע״א

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Topic

רבי's ruling about meat in gentile butcher shops, and רב's rule that meat which went out of sight is forbidden

Overview

The amud opens at the end of a story about a quarrel. A butcher claims that the meat his rival got through a gentile came from a טְרֵפָה ox. רבי refuses to forbid all the butcher shops because of one fool, which fits his rule: where the butchers are Jewish, meat found with a gentile is permitted. In a second version, the butcher only said this to hurt his rival. The גמרא explains that this version needs that reason because here a forbidden sale had been put on record. The גמרא then brings רב's rule that meat which went out of sight is forbidden, and tests it against several sources. It answers some by saying the meat was found in a gentile's hand or was watched the whole time. For the last source, רב reads 'permitted' as meaning only free from נבלה status. Finally, the גמרא reveals that רב's rule was only inferred, and begins the story of רב at the river, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. StatementThe butcher taunts his rival, who says he ate the meat anyway
2. StatementThe butcher claims the meat sold to the gentile was טְרֵפָה
3. Statementרבי refuses to forbid all butcher shops because of one fool
4. Statementרבי's ruling fits his known view on meat found with a gentile
5. StatementA second version: the butcher only meant to hurt his rival
6. StatementInference from the second version: otherwise the meat would be forbidden
7. ChallengeBut רבי permits meat found with a gentile
8. ResolutionHere a forbidden sale was already known
9. StatementMeat that was out of sight is forbidden
10. ChallengeChallenge from רבי's rule about meat found with a gentile
11. ResolutionMeat found with a gentile is different
12. ChallengeChallenge from the nine kosher stores and one non-kosher store
13. ResolutionHere too the meat was found with a gentile
14. ChallengeChallenge from raw and cooked meat found in a city
15. ChallengeWhy not just look who is holding the cooked meat?
16. ResolutionSomeone watched the meat the whole time
17. ChallengeChallenge from meat found outside ירושלים
18. Resolutionרב reads 'permitted' as not נבלה, not as allowed to eat
19. Statementרב's rule was learned by inference
20. StatementThe story begins: רב at the river ford