Yoma 83b

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Topic

Feeding the dangerously ill (fixing טבל on שבת), the treatment of בולמוס with stories of the חכמים, and the signs and cause of a כלב שוטה.

Overview

This amud finishes the discussion of feeding a dangerously ill person forbidden food. If the טבל can be fixed into חולין, we tithe it, even on שבת and even when the produce grew in an עציץ שאינו נקוב. The גמרא explains that the dispute between בן תימא and the תנא קמא is about whether טבל or תרומה is more severe. It then shows that רבה's rule fits even רבי's lenient view about the snake-bitten person, because grain looks like Torah-level טבל. Next comes בולמוס, a dangerous attack of hunger. It is treated with honey and sweets, but according to אביי only after real food, and several אמוראים list other remedies. Stories follow about רבי יהודה and רבי יוסי suffering בולמוס, and about רבי מאיר, who suspected the innkeeper כידור because of his name and so saved his money. That story ends with the lesson of מים אחרונים, and with the other חכמים also learning to pay attention to names. Finally, the גמרא returns to the משנה's כלב שוטה. It lists the signs of a mad dog and the dispute between רב and שמואל about what causes the madness. The practical difference between their views is given on the next amud.

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The steps (42)

1. ChallengeWhy say the obvious about using permitted food?
2. ResolutionThe ruling is needed for שבת
3. ChallengeEven on שבת it is obvious
4. ResolutionA pot without a hole: both sides are rabbinic
5. StatementThe root of the dispute: which is more severe, טבל or תרומה?
6. QuestionProposal: is this a dispute between תנאים?
7. ProofThe snake-bite case: רבי says no need to tithe
8. Proofרבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון: he must not eat until it is tithed
9. ProofSuggesting that רבה matches only רבי אלעזר son of רבי שמעון
10. RejectionEven רבי agrees when the produce is grain
11. StatementA person seized by בולמוס is fed honey and sweets
12. ChallengeWhy is the verse only a hint and not a proof?
13. Resolutionיונתן was hungry, not seized by בולמוס
14. Statementאביי limits the honey rule: only after eating
15. ProofProof from the Egyptian man fed by David's men
16. Statementשמואל: feed him sheep's tail with honey
17. Statementרב הונא: fine wheat flour with honey also works
18. Statementרב פפא: even barley flour with honey works
19. Statementרבי יוחנן ran to the east side of a fig tree
20. Proofרב יוסף's teaching: the sun ripens figs from the east
21. Statementרבי יהודה takes a shepherd's bread
22. Statementרבי יוסי 'robs' the whole city
23. StatementNew story: רבי מאיר paid attention to names
24. StatementThe innkeeper named כידור
25. StatementWho trusted the innkeeper with their money
26. StatementThe innkeeper's dream about the hidden purse
27. StatementThe חכמים dismiss the dream, but רבי מאיר moves his purse
28. StatementThe innkeeper denies ever receiving the purses
29. Statementרבי מאיר asks why they ignored the name
30. QuestionThe חכמים ask why רבי מאיר did not warn them
31. ResponseA name is a reason for caution, not proof
32. StatementThe lentil sign recovers the purses
33. StatementThe innkeeper kills his wife
34. ConclusionThe lesson of first and last hand-washing
35. ConclusionThe חכמים also start paying attention to names
36. ProofA verse shows why the name בלה suggests wickedness
37. StatementFive signs of a mad dog
38. StatementSome add a sixth sign: a silent bark
39. QuestionWhat makes a dog go mad?
40. Responseרב and שמואל: witchcraft or an evil spirit
41. QuestionWhat is the practical difference between them?
42. ResponseThere is a practical difference