Makkos 13a

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Makkot 13a

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Topic

End of the פרק on exile (rent in the ערי מקלט and returning to one's former standing) and the start of the משנה listing sins that bring מלקות

Overview

This עמוד finishes the פרק about people exiled for killing by accident, then starts the פרק about מלקות. First, the משנה records two disputes between רבי יהודה and רבי מאיר. The first is whether the רוצח pays rent to the לויים in the ערי מקלט. The second is whether he gets back his old public office when he goes home. רב כהנא says the rent dispute is about the six main cities. רבא says it is about the forty-two other לויים cities. A ברייתא then shows the same two תנאים arguing about a freed עבד עברי and about the רוצח: does a returning person regain his ancestors' honored standing? After the הדרן, a new משנה lists sins that bring מלקות, including forbidden relationships and marriages, Temple and food sins, and eating טבל. רבי שמעון and the חכמים then argue over how much טבל one must eat to be liable. The גמרא notes that the list includes כרת cases but not court death-penalty cases, and it begins a ברייתא to show the משנה follows רבי עקיבא. That ברייתא continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

The steps (24)

1. StatementDoes the exiled killer pay rent to the Levites?
2. StatementDoes he get back his old office when he returns home?
3. Statementרב כהנא: the argument is only about the six cities
4. Challengeרבא: "for you" clearly means all your needs
5. Statementרבא: the argument is only about the forty-two cities
6. StatementA freed Hebrew slave: does he regain his family's standing?
7. Statementרבי מאיר: he returns to be like his ancestors
8. StatementThe extra word 'he shall return' includes the killer
9. QuestionWhat does 'likewise with an exile' mean?
10. Responseרבי יהודה: the killer returns to his land but not his ancestors' standing
11. Statementרבי מאיר: the killer regains his ancestors' standing too
12. ConclusionHadran — Closing אלו הן הגולין
13. StatementNew פרק: the list of people who receive lashes
14. StatementOne woman, two prohibitions: when a כהן gets two sets of lashes and when only one
15. StatementLashes for sins of impurity, the Temple, and forbidden sacrificial foods
16. StatementLashes for offering outside, holiday sins, holy oil and incense, and forbidden animals
17. StatementLashes for eating produce whose tithes or redemption were not handled
18. StatementHow much טבל must one eat to be liable?
19. Challengeרבי שמעון challenges from eating an ant
20. ResolutionThe חכמים answer: an ant is a whole creature
21. Rejectionרבי שמעון replies: a wheat kernel is also whole
22. StatementThe משנה lists כרת cases but not court death penalties
23. ResponseThe משנה follows רבי עקיבא
24. ProofThe ברייתא begins: כרת cases and death-penalty cases