Moed Katan 7a

מועד קטן ז׳ ע״א

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Topic

Trapping pests and repairing walls on חול המועד, and examining נגעים on חול המועד

Overview

This עמוד finishes the earlier talk about getting rid of ants: two ant holes count as close if they are within one פרסה. Next, the גמרא explains רבי יהודה's rule on trapping moles and mice on חול המועד. In an orchard you may trap the usual way, but in a grain field only in an unusual way. A ברייתא describes both methods. רבי שמעון בן אלעזר adds that a grain field next to an orchard may also be trapped the usual way, to protect the trees. The גמרא then turns to closing a breach in a wall on חול המועד, which is done with branches or loose stones but no clay. רב חסדא says this limit applies only to a garden wall, and that a courtyard wall may be built normally. After a back-and-forth about a ברייתא on a dangerous leaning wall, רב אשי proves רב חסדא right from the משנה's line about שביעית. Finally, a new משנה asks whether a כהן may examine נגעים on חול המועד, and רבי and רבא begin to define the dispute, which continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (24)

1. QuestionHow far apart counts as close?
2. ResponseThe limit is one parasang
3. Statementרבי יהודה's rule on trapping in orchards and grain fields
4. StatementWhat normal and unusual trapping look like
5. StatementA grain field next to an orchard is treated like the orchard
6. Statementמשנה: closing a breach on חול המועד
7. QuestionHow is the breach closed?
8. Responseרב יוסף: with palm and bay branches
9. StatementA breach is filled with stones but not plastered
10. Statementרב חסדא limits the rule to a garden wall
11. ProofA suggested support from a leaning wall
12. RejectionThe leaning wall case is only about danger
13. ChallengeAnother version: the leaning wall challenges רב חסדא
14. ResolutionTearing down versus only building
15. ChallengeWhy not just tear down the leaning wall?
16. ResolutionOtherwise he would not tear it down at all
17. Proofרב אשי: the משנה's wording supports רב חסדא
18. QuestionWhich wall is the שביעית line about?
19. ResponseIt must be a garden wall
20. ConclusionThe proof stands
21. StatementNew משנה: checking נגעים on חול המועד
22. StatementThe ברייתא: רבי מאיר and רבי יוסי on examining נגעים
23. Statementרבי splits the dispute: מוסגר versus מוחלט
24. Statementרבא: where everyone agrees, before showing the real disagreement