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Yevamos 72b

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Yevamot 72b

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Topic

Late מילה by day or night, רבי יוחנן's נוֹתָר rule, and who is fit for the rites of the פָּרָה אֲדוּמָּה

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a ברייתא in which רבי אלעזר בר שמעון says an on-time מילה must be by day, but a late מילה may be at night. The גמרא first suggests the dispute is about whether a מָשׁוּךְ needs מילה by Torah law. It rejects this and explains instead that the two sides argue over whether we learn from the extra ״וּבַיּוֹם״. רבי יוחנן teaches a similar rule about burning נוֹתָר. רבי אלעזר challenges him from a ברייתא and from the letters ו׳ and ה׳ in ״וְהַנּוֹתָר״, and רבי יוחנן is silent. A story follows: רבי יוחנן praises רבי אלעזר, ריש לקיש shows the teaching comes from תורת כהנים, and רבי יוחנן masters that work. רבי אלעזר then rules that an עָרֵל's sprinkling of פָּרָה אֲדוּמָּה water is valid, using a קל וחומר from a טְבוּל יוֹם. A ברייתא about a טוּמְטוּם seems to disagree, and רב יוסף assigns it to the school of רבי עקיבא, which treats an עָרֵל like a טָמֵא. The amud ends with the dispute between the רבנן and רבי יהודה about who may sanctify the water. They argue over how to read ״וְלָקְחוּ״ and ״וְנָתַן״, which explains why a קטן or a woman is fit or unfit.

Opening lines

אֵין נִימּוֹלִין אֶלָּא בְּיוֹם,

they may be circumcised only during the day;

שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנּוֹ — נִימּוֹלִין בְּיוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה.

not at its proper time, they may be circumcised during the day or at night.

מַאי לָאו, בְּהָא קָמִיפַּלְגִי:

Is it not that they disagree about this:

דְּמָר סָבַר מָשׁוּךְ דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא,

that one Sage holds a מָשׁוּךְ needs circumcision by Torah law,

The steps (26)

  1. StatementEnd of רבי אלעזר בר שמעון's ruling on late circumcision
  2. ProofSuggestion: the dispute is about whether a מָשׁוּךְ is Torah law
  3. RejectionRejection: a child past his eighth day surely needs מילה by Torah law
  4. ResolutionNew explanation: they argue about learning from ״וּבַיּוֹם״
  5. ProofA parallel: רבי יוחנן on burning נוֹתָר
  6. Challengeרבי אלעזר challenges רבי יוחנן from a ברייתא about late מילה
  7. ChallengeThe letters ו׳ and ה׳ in ״וְהַנּוֹתָר״ teach the same rule, and רבי יוחנן is silent
  8. Statementרבי יוחנן praises רבי אלעזר to ריש לקיש
  9. Rejectionריש לקיש shows it is a ברייתא, and רבי יוחנן masters תורת כהנים
  10. StatementAn עָרֵל who sprinkles פָּרָה אֲדוּמָּה water does so validly
  11. ChallengeMaybe a טבול יום is better off than an ערל
  12. ResolutionThe comparison is about touching, not eating
  13. ProofA ברייתא and a real case support רבי אלעזר
  14. ChallengeA ברייתא says an ערל may not prepare the water
  15. ResolutionThat ברייתא follows the school of רבי עקיבא
  16. Challengeרבא asks why no source lists the עָרֵל with the טָמֵא
  17. ChallengeThere is a source listing them together: exemption from coming to the בית המקדש
  18. RejectionThat source has a different reason: the עָרֵל is repulsive
  19. StatementThe רבנן and רבי יהודה follow their usual views
  20. QuestionWhat is the רבנן's reason for their list of who may sanctify
  21. ResponseSanctifying follows the same rules as gathering the ashes
  22. Resolutionרבי יהודה reads the plural word as separating the two jobs
  23. ChallengeThen a woman should also be fit
  24. ResolutionThe verse says he places, not she places
  25. ResolutionThe רבנן: the plural shows one person need not do both jobs
  26. ConclusionThe רבנן: two may take and one may place