Pesachim 29b

פסחים כ״ט ע״ב

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Topic

מעילה in הקדש חמץ during פסח, and the rules for mixtures of חמץ during and after פסח (רב, שמואל, רבי יוחנן)

Overview

The amud first finishes a dispute about someone who uses חמץ belonging to הקדש during פסח: did he commit מעילה or not? Three explanations are given. רב יוסף says it depends on whether something that will only be worth money later (דבר הגורם לממון) already counts as money. רב אחא בר יעקב says future value counts for everyone, and the dispute follows רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון about whether חמץ is permitted after פסח. The גמרא challenges him with another statement of his, and answers that he retracted it. רב אשי says future value does not count for anyone, and the dispute follows רבי יוסי הגלילי and the רבנן about benefit from חמץ during פסח. Then a new topic begins: a mixture with a small amount of חמץ in it. רב is strict during פסח, partly by a גזירה, and after פסח he forbids the same kind, following רבי יהודה. שמואל is more lenient, and רבי יוחנן measures everything by נותן טעם during פסח. Both permit everything after פסח, following רבי שמעון.

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The steps (20)

1. Statementרב יוסף's version: the dispute is about future value
2. StatementMatching each side to the principle
3. Statementרב אחא בר יעקב: the dispute follows רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון
4. ChallengeChallenge from רב אחא בר יעקב's own statement about רבי יהודה
5. Resolutionרב אחא בר יעקב retracted his earlier view
6. Statementרב אשי links the dispute to רבי יוסי הגלילי and the רבנן
7. Statementרב's rule for leavened bread mixed into other food
8. QuestionWhat amount of leavened bread is רב talking about?
9. Responseרב is talking about a tiny amount
10. ProofThe first half of רב's rule fits his general view on mixtures
11. Responseרב made an extra decree during פסח for a different kind
12. ResponseAfter פסח, the same kind is forbidden following רבי יהודה
13. ResponseAfter פסח, a different kind is permitted because there is no extra decree
14. Statementשמואל's more lenient ruling on חמץ mixtures
15. Proofשמואל follows his own general rule for Torah prohibitions
16. Responseשמואל made no extra decree for a different kind
17. ConclusionAfter פסח, שמואל permits all mixtures following רבי שמעון
18. Statementרבי יוחנן's ruling on חמץ mixtures
19. ProofExplaining the first half: רבי יוחנן's general rule
20. ConclusionExplaining the second half: following רבי שמעון