WorksheetsMasechet Beitzah 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
In the mishna, Beis Hillel
permits eating an egg laid on Yom tov
forbids eating an egg laid on Yom tov
expresses no opinion regarding an egg laid on Yom tov
Beis Shammai says:
לא תאכל
תאכל
The Gemara asks the question: במאי עסקינן? This means:
What specific scenario are we dealing with?
What is the source in the Torah for the law in the mishna?
Neither of the two answers given here
The Gemara begins then says....אילימא
This term means:
some people say
this contradicts a baraita
if you want to say
The Gemara suggests that the case is one of a תרנגלת העומדת לאכילה. This kind of chicken...
is set aside for eating
is set aside for raising
is set aside for laying eggs
The Gemara rejects this suggestion for the following reason:
If that's the situation, then Beis Shammai should never have forbidden the egg
If that's the situation, then Beis Hillel should never have forbidden the egg
If that's the situation, then Beis Shammai should never have allowed the egg
The reason that Beis Hillel should have permitted the egg if the chicken was set aside for eating is that
there is a long-standing tradition that Beis Hillel is lenient in the laws of Yom Tov
Rava and Reish Lakish say he was lenient
if the chicken was set aside for eating, then he could have slaughtered it on Yom tov and eaten eggs found inside of it
So the Gemara then suggests that the chicken was set aside for laying eggs. The Hebrew term for this is
לגדל ביצים
לאכול ביצים
By saying the chicken was set aside for egg-laying, we can understand ...
Beis Hillel now, who forbids the egg
Beis Shammai, who allows the egg
By saying the chicken was set aside for egg-laying, we CANNOT understand ...
why the Gemara would suggest this case in the first place
Beis Shammai, who allows the egg
The Gemara then asks, "What's the big problem/difficulty/kashya? Maybe Beis Shammai does not think there is a problem of muktzah!?" Which Tanna in Maseches Shabbos has no problem with muktzah?
Rebbe Shimon, who allows left over oil from a candle that's burned out
Rebbe Yehuda, who allows left over oil from a candle that's burned out
Rebbe Yehuda, who forbids left over oil from a candle that's burned out
The Gemara then explains itself:
?קא סלקא דעתין: אפילו מאן דשרי במוקצה, בנולד אסר. מאי טעמייהו דבית שמאי
this means:
We were thinking that even one who forbids muktzah (R. Shimon) allows Nolad. So what's the reasoning of Beis Shammai?
We were thinking that even one who allows muktzah (R. Shimon) forbids Nolad. So what's the reasoning of Beis Shammai?
In the end, in order to understand the machloket in our mishna, Rav Nachman declares:
that the view (BH) who forbids muktzah forbids nolad and the view (BS) who allows muktzah allows nolad
that the view (BH) who allows muktzah forbids nolad and the view (BS) who forbids muktzah allows nolad
Rav Nachman, in conclusion, says that
Beis Hillel rules like R. Shimon and Beis Shammai rules like R. Yehuda
Beis Hillel rules like R. Yehuda and Beis Shammai rules like R. Shimon
The Gemara then questions how Rav Nachman could have said this, because
in a mishna dealing with carrying bones and peels on Shabbos, Rav Nachman's tradition is that Beis Hillel is like R. Yehuda (who says you have to shake off the table cloth) and Beis Shammai is like R. Shimon (who says you can pick up the bones and peels directly)
in a mishna dealing with carrying bones and peels on Shabbos, Rav Nachman's tradition is that Beis Shammai is like R. Yehuda (who says you have to shake off the table cloth) and Beis Hillel is like R. Shimon (who says you can pick up the bones and peels directly)
The Gemara makes sense of this by distinguishing
between eggs and oil
between Shabbos and Yom tov
between peels and bones
In the laws of Shabbos, R. Yehuda Hanasi, the editor of the Mishna, rules
strictly, that you cannot feed dogs meat from a chicken, for example, that died on Shabbos
leniently, that you CAN feed dogs meat from a chicken, for example, that died on Shabbos
So since the halacha goes according to those clear-cut Mishna decisions, and the halacha is always like Beis Hillel,
Rav Nachman concluded that Beis Hillel must also be lenient regarding Muktzah on Shabbos
Rav Nachman concluded that Beis Hillel must be strict regarding Muktzah on Shabbos
But regarding Yom tov, R. Yehuda Hanasi paskened strictly,
that you cannot cut (for firewood) beams that were set aside for building before Yom tov
that eggs that were laid on Yom tov cannot be eaten if found inside a chicken that was set aside for eating.
Therefore, Rav Nachman concluded that
Beis Shammai must also be lenient regarding muktzah on Shabbat
Beis Hillel must also be strict regarding muktzah on Yom tov
