Pesachim 76a

פסחים ע״ו ע״א

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Topic

How hot and cold foods transfer taste (רב: עילאה גבר vs. שמואל: תתאה גבר), tested against the משנה about the gravy of the קרבן פסח dripping onto earthenware and flour.

Overview

This amud asks how taste passes between foods when one falls onto another. Hot into hot is forbidden and cold into cold is permitted, according to everyone. רב and שמואל argue about mixed cases: רב says the top item decides (עילאה גבר), and שמואל says the bottom item decides (תתאה גבר). The גמרא tests both views against the משנה about the קרבן פסח: gravy dripping onto earthenware, gravy dripping onto flour, and the פסח smeared with oil of תרומה. Each case fits רב, and שמואל's side answers each challenge: the earthenware and flour were hot, and smearing uses only a tiny amount of oil. Two ברייתות then support שמואל, after the גמרא corrects their wording so that hot falling into cold needs peeling and cold into cold needs only rinsing. רב הונא adds that salted food is forbidden even when cold, because שמואל said salted food is like boiling food and pickled food is like cooked food. רבא limits that rule to food too salty to eat, which explains why רב חיננא permitted a bird that fell into כמכא, with limits for a roasted, cracked, or spiced bird. The amud ends as a new statement of רב begins.

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The steps (25)

1. StatementThe cases everyone agrees on
2. Statementרב and שמואל argue about mixed temperatures
3. ProofThe earthenware case fits רב
4. ChallengeChallenge to שמואל from the earthenware case
5. ResolutionThe earthenware was hot
6. ProofThe flour case also fits רב
7. ChallengeWhy remove a whole handful of cold flour according to שמואל?
8. ResolutionThe flour was hot
9. ProofSmearing the קרבן פסח with oil of תרומה fits רב
10. ChallengeAccording to שמואל, the hot meat should absorb the oil completely
11. ResolutionSmearing uses only a tiny amount
12. ProofA ברייתא that supports שמואל
13. ChallengeHow can hot food falling into cold food need only rinsing?
14. ResolutionCorrected reading: hot into cold needs peeling
15. ProofA second ברייתא about meat and milk
16. ChallengeThe same challenge to the second ברייתא
17. ResolutionSame correction for the second ברייתא
18. Statementרב הונא: rinsing is enough only if nothing was salted
19. Proofשמואל's source: salted is like boiling, pickled is like cooked
20. Statementרבא: the salt rule applies only to food too salty to eat
21. StatementA Young Bird Falls Into a Jug of Salty Milk Dip
22. Proofרבא Explains Why the Bird Was Permitted
23. StatementOnly a Raw Bird; a Roasted One Needs Peeling
24. StatementA Bird With Cracks or Spices Is Forbidden
25. Statementרב Begins a New Statement