Eruvin 39b

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Topic

Splitting the two days of יום טוב: רבי יהודה's three cases, the basket-of-טבל condition, and the deer at the ריש גלותא's house

Overview

This עמוד first finishes the view of the רבנן: the holiness of the first day in that case is only rabbinic, so people will not treat the day lightly. Then the גמרא explains why רבי יהודה needed three examples: ערוב, a basket of טבל, and an egg. Each one has its own reason we might have thought he would agree with the רבנן. Next, a ברייתא shows how the basket method works. On each of the two days he declares תרומה with a condition, so it takes effect on whichever day is a weekday. רבי יוסי forbids this, even on the two ימים טובים של גליות. A story follows about a deer brought to the ריש גלותא: רב נחמן and רב חסדא ate it, but רב ששת refused, citing איסי's version of רבי יוסי. רבא and רב אסי each try to reread איסי's words. Then רבה בר שמואל reports a ברייתא in which רבי יוסי agrees to be lenient on the Diaspora days. The עמוד ends as רב אשי begins אמימר's account that the deer was not trapped on יום טוב at all, which continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (17)

1. ResolutionThe רבנן's reason: so people will not take the day lightly
2. StatementQuoting the next line of the משנה about רבי יהודה
3. StatementWhy the basket case was needed after ראש השנה
4. ConclusionWhy the egg case was needed after the first two
5. StatementHow the basket condition works on the first day
6. StatementRepeating the condition on the second day and eating
7. Statementרבי יוסי forbids, even for the two days kept outside ארץ ישראל
8. StatementThe deer brought to the house of the ריש גלותא
9. ChallengeTwo רבנן eat, רב שׁשׁת refuses, and רב נחמן teases him
10. Resolutionרב שׁשׁת cites איסי's teaching of רבי יוסי
11. Rejectionרבא rereads איסי's teaching as speaking about ראש השנה
12. ChallengeThe wording 'of the Diaspora' does not fit רבא's reading
13. Rejectionרב אסי rereads איסי's teaching as actually lenient
14. Questionרב ששת asks רבה בר שמואל what he learned
15. Responseרבי יוסי agrees to be lenient on the Diaspora festival days
16. Statementרב ששת asks him not to tell the others
17. Statementאמימר's version: the deer was not trapped on יום טוב