Yevamos 75a

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Yevamot 75a

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Topic

The פסוקים about a טמא person and holy food, the touching rule for תרומה, and the laws of a פצוע דכא

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a discussion of the פסוקים about a טמא person eating holy food. The גמרא shows that three separate פסוקים about תרומה are all needed. 'עד אשר יטהר' requires טבילה, 'ובא השמש' requires sunset, and 'עד מלאת' teaches that one need not wait for a קרבן כפרה. It then explains why both the יולדת and the זב need a פסוק about waiting for atonement before eating קדשים. Next, רבי זירא and a ברייתא teach that after טבילה but before nightfall, a person or vessel is already pure for מעשר but still makes תרומה impure by touching. A second source for this touching rule comes from 'בכל קדש לא תגע', read through a הקש to the מקדש. The גמרא then turns to the משנה about a פצוע דכא. רבי אלעזר and רבי יוחנן argue over whether his wife may eat תרומה because she 'already ate' before his injury. Finally, a ברייתא defines who counts as a פצוע דכא, and a man with one testicle is ruled כשר, like a סריס חמה. The amud ends as the גמרא begins challenging the punctured case with a story that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (27)

1. ChallengeA verse that seems to be about תרומה
2. ResolutionThe Torah lists separate matters one by one
3. QuestionWhy three verses about תרומה?
4. ResponseFirst verse needs the second: sunset is also required
5. ResponseSecond verse needs the third: no waiting for the קרבן כפרה
6. ResponseThird verse needs the first: טבילה is still required
7. QuestionWhy two verses about waiting for atonement before eating holy food?
8. ResponseBoth verses are needed because each case has its own special feature
9. QuestionWhy do we need the verse about the impure vessel?
10. Responseרבי זירא: the verse teaches about touching
11. ProofA ברייתא: pure for מעשר, still impure for תרומה
12. ChallengeWhy not reverse it?
13. Resolutionתרומה is stricter, so it gets the stricter rule
14. ResolutionA second source: 'בכל קדש לא תגע'
15. QuestionMaybe it really means touching?
16. ProofHoly food is compared to the מקדש, so it must mean eating
17. ResolutionWhy say 'touch'? Touching is like eating
18. QuestionWhich תנא lets a woman awaiting a disqualifying union eat תרומה?
19. Responseרבי אלעזר: it follows רבי אלעזר and רבי שמעון
20. Resolutionרבי יוחנן: it can follow even רבי מאיר, because she already ate
21. Rejectionרבי אלעזר rejects 'she already ate' using a widow
22. Resolutionרבי יוחנן: in the widow's case the marriage ended, but here it did not
23. StatementA ברייתא defines who counts as a פצוע דכא
24. StatementA man with only one testicle is fit
25. ChallengeIs he really a סריס חמה?
26. ResolutionCorrecting the wording: he is like a סריס חמה
27. ChallengeCan a man with punctured testicles really not have children?