Pesachim 6a

פסחים ו׳ ע״א

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Topic

A גוי's חמץ in a Jew's possession, tax animals and dough (בכורה and חלה), safeguards against eating חמץ, and the thirty-day rule before פסח

Overview

The amud begins by finishing an earlier discussion. A Jew who guaranteed a גוי's חמץ is responsible for it, and the גמרא explains why the פסוק ״לא ימצא״ is needed according to both views of whether something that can cause a money loss counts as one's own property. Next, רבא is asked whether an animal from a herd under the royal tax (ארנונא) is obligated in בכורה. Two versions of his answer are given. In the second version the animal is exempt but tax dough is obligated in חלה, because people know about the animal and not about the dough. A ברייתא then lays out when a Jew must remove a גוי's חמץ from his property. רב פפא and רב אשי disagree about which case its פסוק proves, and the גמרא explains why a room given to a גוי is excluded. Several rulings of רב יהודה in the name of רב follow: covering חמץ found on יום טוב, putting a partition around a גוי's חמץ, and exempting הקדש from both. Then comes the rule for a traveler who leaves within thirty days of פסח, along with אביי's and רבא's different readings of it and רבא's parallel ruling on a storehouse. The amud ends by tracing the thirty days to the practice of studying הלכות פסח and asks for the reason behind the תנא קמא. The answer comes on the next amud.

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The steps (30)

1. StatementWhy ״לא ימצא״ is needed for the view that it is not like money
2. ChallengeWhy is ״לא ימצא״ needed for the view that it is like money?
3. ResolutionThe פסוק is still needed to block a mistaken reasoning
4. QuestionIs a tax-herd animal obligated in בכורה?
5. QuestionNarrowing the question to when money cannot replace the animal
6. Responseרבא rules the animal is exempt
7. ChallengeA ברייתא says it is obligated
8. ResolutionThe ברייתא is about a case where money works
9. StatementSecond version: the animal is exempt even if money works
10. StatementSecond version: tax dough is obligated in חלה
11. ResponseWhy the animal and the dough are treated differently
12. StatementA ברייתא on a non-Jew's חמץ in a Jew's property
13. QuestionWhich case does the פסוק prove?
14. Responseרב פפא: the פסוק belongs to the deposit case
15. Responseרב אשי: the פסוק belongs to the set-aside room case
16. ChallengeChallenge: Does renting really make the room the renter's?
17. ResolutionAnswer: חמץ is different because of the words 'לא ימצא'
18. StatementFinding חמץ on יום טוב: cover it with a vessel
19. Statementרבא: חמץ of הקדש does not need covering
20. StatementA non-Jew's חמץ in a Jew's home needs a ten-טפחים partition
21. StatementAgain, הקדש needs no partition
22. StatementA traveler leaving before פסח: the thirty-day rule
23. Statementאביי limits the within-thirty rule to someone who plans to return
24. Challengeרבא objects: plans to return should matter even from ראש השנה
25. Resolutionרבא's reading: the plan to return limits the before-thirty exemption
26. Proofרבא is consistent: the storehouse case
27. StatementStorehouse before thirty days: depends on plans to clear it
28. QuestionWhat is special about thirty days?
29. ResponseWe begin learning the laws of פסח thirty days before
30. QuestionWhy does the first תנא say thirty days?