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Kereisos 9b

כריתות ט׳ ע״ב

Keritot 9b

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Topic

Cases where one offering covers many events: the נזיר, the סוטה, the מצורע and the woman with several births.

Overview

This amud finishes the list of cases where one offering covers many events. First, a פסוק teaches that a separate offering is needed for each different שפחה חרופה. Next, רב חסדא proves that the משנה's rule for a נזיר impure many times follows רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה, who holds that the new נזירות begins on the seventh day, and not רבי, who holds it begins on the eighth. The next משנה adds a husband who warned his wife about many men and a מצורע afflicted many times. Each has a 'זאת תורת' פסוק teaching one offering for many. The משנה's line about birds brought before a new affliction seems to require extra offerings. The גמרא fixes it to be about when the מצורע's poor or rich status is set, and brings a three-way dispute that all comes from the word 'בטהרתו'. The last משנה covers a woman with several births or miscarriages. The גמרא gives its source and rewords a ברייתא about what 'זאת' excludes. It then shows that רבי יהודה counts from the first fetus even with twins. The amud ends as a new question is introduced, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְהִיא שִׁפְחָה״ –

"And she is a maidservant"

לְחַלֵּק עַל כׇּל שִׁפְחָה וְשִׁפְחָה.

comes to separate, for each and every maidservant.

נָזִיר שֶׁנִּטְמָא טוּמְאוֹת הַרְבֵּה.

A nazirite who became impure with many impurities.

מַאן תַּנָּא?

Who is the tanna who taught this?

The steps (31)

  1. StatementA separate offering for each maidservant
  2. QuestionWho taught the rule about the impure nazirite?
  3. Responseרב חסדא: It is רבי יוסי son of רבי יהודה
  4. ResponseWhy the משנה cannot follow רבי
  5. ResponseUnder רבי, impurity on the eighth day would require a separate offering each time
  6. ConclusionSo the משנה follows רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה
  7. QuestionWhat exactly is רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה's view?
  8. ResponseThe ברייתא: does the new נזירות begin on the day of the offerings or the day of shaving?
  9. StatementNew משנה: a husband who warns his wife about many men, and a מצורע with many afflictions
  10. StatementThe משנה's case of birds brought before a new affliction
  11. QuestionAsking for the source of the husband's case
  12. ResponseOne law for many jealousies
  13. QuestionAsking for the source of the leper's case
  14. ResponseOne law for many lepers
  15. StatementQuoting the birds case to begin discussing it
  16. ChallengeBut the משנה said only one offering
  17. ResolutionWords are missing: one offering, and the poor or rich status is fixed later
  18. ProofThe same dispute appears in נגעים, with a third view
  19. StatementAll three opinions come from one פסוק
  20. StatementNew משנה: a woman with several births and miscarriages
  21. StatementThe last case: a woman who miscarries twins
  22. Statementרבי יהודה: count every other birth
  23. QuestionWhere do we learn one offering for many births?
  24. ResponseThe פסוק 'זאת תורת היולדת' teaches one offering
  25. Statement'זאת' excludes combining birth with זיבה
  26. ChallengeWhy would anyone think birth and זיבה share an offering?
  27. ResolutionRewording the ברייתא: births before and after the purification days end
  28. StatementWhich fetus sets the eighty-day count
  29. ChallengeWhy say it? It is obvious
  30. ResolutionThe point is twins
  31. QuestionA new question is opened