Yevamos 81a

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Yevamot 81a

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Topic

The end of the סריס/איילונית משנה, then a new משנה on a סריס חמה, an אנדרוגינוס and a טומטום, with ריש לקיש and רבי יוחנן arguing about תרומה, חזה ושוק and whether תרומה nowadays is rabbinic.

Overview

The גמרא first asks whether the earlier משנה disproves רב המנונא, who says a שומרת יבם who was unfaithful is forbidden to her יבם. It answers that the משנה just kept talking about the יבם, but the same law applies with another man. Next it shows that the משנה's line about the איילונית cannot follow רבי יהודה, who holds that an איילונית is already a זונה. A new משנה then teaches that a סריס חמה כהן lets his wife eat תרומה, and according to רבי יוסי and רבי שמעון, so does an אנדרוגינוס כהן. It also rules about a טומטום found to be male, and about marriage and punishment involving an אנדרוגינוס. The גמרא explains that the ability to have children does not matter for תרומה. Then ריש לקיש and רבי יוחנן argue whether the אנדרוגינוס's wife may also eat חזה ושוק. ריש לקיש's view is explained as allowing only rabbinic תרומה nowadays. ריש לקיש brings a proof from a fig cake that is בטל, and רבי יוחנן rejects it by pointing to the exact wording 'את שדרכו לימנות'. The גמרא begins quoting that source, a משנה about clover bundles of כלאי הכרם, and the quote continues on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. ChallengeDoes the earlier ruling disprove רב המנונא?
2. ResolutionSame law with another man; the משנה just kept its wording
3. QuestionReading the איילונית line closely: whose view is it?
4. ResponseNot like רבי יהודה, who calls an איילונית a זונה
5. StatementNew משנה: a סריס חמה or אנדרוגינוס כהן and תרומה
6. Statementרבי יהודה on a טומטום found male, and the אנדרוגינוס marrying
7. Statementרבי אליעזר: stoning for relations with a hermaphrodite
8. ChallengeWhy does the משנה need to say this?
9. ResolutionWe might have linked eating תרומה to fathering children
10. Statementריש לקיש and רבי יוחנן disagree about the אנדרוגינוס
11. Challengeתרומה is also from the Torah
12. Resolutionריש לקיש means תרומה nowadays
13. ChallengeThen he should have split תרומה itself
14. ResolutionNo תרומה at all while the בית המקדש stands
15. Statementרבי יוחנן's view restated: she eats even חזה ושוק
16. Questionרבי יוחנן asks if ריש לקיש really holds תרומה today is only rabbinic
17. Responseריש לקיש says yes and brings proof from the fig cake
18. Rejectionרבי יוחנן rejects the proof: being nullified does not show it is rabbinic
19. QuestionWhere is the "usually counted" rule taught?
20. ResponseThe source: the משנה about clover bundles from a vineyard