Chullin 96a

חולין צ״ו ע״א

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Topic

Sight recognition versus identifying marks, and the laws of removing and eating the גיד הנשה

Overview

The amud opens with a speaker changing his mind. He used to think סימנים were stronger than טביעות עינא. After hearing the rulings about meat and תכלת, he now says recognition by sight is stronger. He proves it from a blind man and from husbands at night, who know their wives by voice. רב יצחק בריה דרב משרשיא adds a proof from witnesses in a murder case, and רב אשי adds one from a man sending a messenger. Then a new משנה begins about the גיד הנשה. It discusses how much of the nerve must be removed, and how many lashes a person gets for eating it. The גמרא tells how שמואל rebuked בר פיולי for not cutting deep enough, and רב ששת explains what בר פיולי left behind. Finally, שמואל teaches that the Torah forbids only the part of the nerve on the כף הירך. רב פפא links this to a dispute between תנאים, whose reasoning continues on the next amud.

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The steps (15)

1. StatementChanging his mind: recognition by sight is stronger
2. ProofProof from a blind man and from husbands at night
3. ProofProof from witnesses in a murder case
4. ProofProof from sending a messenger to call someone
5. StatementHow much of the sciatic nerve must be removed
6. StatementLashes for eating the sciatic nerve
7. Statementשמואל rebukes בר פיולי for cutting too shallow
8. Resolutionשמואל reassures him: you were taught like רבי יהודה
9. Statementרב ששת's first explanation of בר פיולי
10. ChallengeThen he left a rabbinic part behind
11. Resolutionרב ששת's corrected explanation
12. StatementThe Torah forbids only the part on the 'spoon'
13. Statementשמואל's rule matches a dispute between תנאים
14. QuestionWhy do the רבנן make him liable for less than a כזית?
15. ResponseThe nerve is a complete creation on its own