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Pesachim 99a

פסחים צ״ט ע״א

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Topic

When two people's קרבנות פסח get mixed up, does the משנה's solution fit the view of רבי יהודה, who requires one original member of each group to stay registered?

Overview

This amud opens by closing the previous case with a famous saying of the חכמים: silence is fitting for the wise, and all the more so for fools. It then turns to the משנה about two people whose פסחים got mixed up. In the משנה's solution, each original owner withdraws from his own animal and leaves an added person registered on it. The גמרא suggests this contradicts רבי יהודה, who requires that at least one original member always stay registered on a פסח. רבי יוחנן answers that the משנה can still follow רבי יהודה. Since רבי יהודה forbids slaughtering a פסח for one person alone, the owner was always expected to add a partner, so the newcomer counts like an original member. רב אשי then proves from the משנה's wording, "five groups of five each," that it really does follow רבי יהודה. The amud ends with the הדרן, closing the chapter מי שהיה טמא on פסח שני.

Opening lines

מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים:

From here the Sages said:

יָפָה שְׁתִיקָה לַחֲכָמִים,

Silence is fitting for the wise,

קַל וָחוֹמֶר לַטִּפְּשִׁים.

and all the more so for fools.

שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:

As it is said:

The steps (6)

  1. ConclusionClosing lesson: silence is fitting for the wise
  2. StatementQuoting the new משנה: two people whose פסח offerings got mixed
  3. ChallengeDoes the משנה contradict רבי יהודה?
  4. Resolutionרבי יוחנן: the newcomer counts like an original member
  5. Proofרב אשי: the משנה's wording supports רבי יהודה
  6. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter מי שהיה טמא