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Menachot 70a

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Topic

Replanted and pot-grown produce: tithes, טבל and תרומה, כלאים in a pot with no hole, and the new משנה of the five grains

Overview

This amud finishes רבה's question about produce that was tithed, then replanted, and then grew more. Does it follow the original, already-tithed part or the new growth? אביי asks how this differs from ordinary wheat and barley. רבה explains that he is asking only about a plant whose seed does not rot away. A proof from a tithed ליטרא of onions is rejected, because planting whole onions is their normal way of being sown. A question about a pot with no hole that later gets a hole is shown to be one sowing, unlike רבה's case of two sowings. רבי אבהו asks whether grain that became טבל and was replanted can be made תרומה while still growing. אביי defends the view that it can, explaining that the teaching 'there is no תרומה attached to the ground' is only about death and the extra fifth, since eating attached produce is not normal eating. Then אביי asks what שמואל's ban on planting כלאים in a pot with no hole adds, since a משנה in דמאי already teaches this. A new משנה lists the five grains for חלה, חדש and the עומר, and the גמרא begins sorting them into the wheat and barley families.

Opening lines

דְּאַמְדִינְהוּ וְעַשְּׂרִינְהוּ

where he estimated them and tithed them,

וְשַׁתְלִינְהוּ (וְהוֹסִיפָה) [וְאוֹסִיפָא] לְהוּ.

and planted them, and they grew more.

אִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר,

If you will say,

לָא אָזְלִינַן בָּתַר עִיקָּר,

we do not follow the original part,

The steps (22)

  1. QuestionFinishing the question: tithed produce that was replanted and grew more
  2. QuestionSecond question: if the new growth needs מעשר, what about the original part?
  3. Challengeאביי asks: how is this different from any wheat or barley?
  4. Resolutionרבה: my question is only about a seed that does not rot away
  5. ProofTrying to answer from רבי יוחנן's ruling on a ליטרא of onions
  6. RejectionThe onion case is different because that is how onions are normally sown
  7. QuestionA question about a pot without a hole
  8. Responseאביי says a pot with no hole is simply a pot with no hole
  9. QuestionMaybe you mean the pot was later given a hole
  10. ResponseThe pot is one sowing, but רבה's case is two sowings
  11. QuestionGrain made טבל, replanted, then designated while growing
  12. ChallengeThat would mean תרומה attached to the ground
  13. ResolutionThe teaching is only about death and the extra fifth
  14. ChallengeBut unusual eating of eggs inside a bird does count
  15. ResolutionDetached food is sometimes eaten that way, attached food never is
  16. StatementPlanting mixed seeds in a pot with no hole is forbidden
  17. ChallengeWhat new thing is שמואל teaching
  18. ProofWe already learned this from the משנה in דמאי
  19. StatementThe five grains owe חלה and combine together
  20. StatementThe five grains and the laws of חדש and the עומר
  21. StatementSpelt is a kind of wheat; oats and rye are kinds of barley
  22. StatementStarting to give the everyday name of spelt