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Conflicting traditions existed regarding Rav’s ruling in the case of a dislocated femur in a bird. Ultimately, the analysis indicates that Rav permitted such a bird, except in regions where the prevailing custom was to forbid it. However, after presenting various differing opinions regarding this issue, which leaned primarily toward permissibility, the Gemara brings an incident demonstrating that the widespread, accepted custom was indeed to forbid this condition; consequently, the practical halakha is established to be stringent in accordance with this accepted communal custom.
Rav Huna defines a treifa as an animal that cannot survive for more than twelve months. A contradiction is raised against this definition from a braita that brings three alternative opinions regarding what legally constitutes a treifa, none of which align with Rav Huna’s position. This difficulty is resolved by explaining that Rav Huna follows a different Tanna, whose view is reflected in another braita stating that one must wait through the winter months to determine whether an animal can successfully recover from its specific ailment.
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Chullin 57
בַּאֲחוּזַּת עֵינַיִם, אִינְּגִיד וְאִיתְּנַח, עוּל (למעייניה) [מַעְיָינֵיהּ] וְחַיְּיטֵיהּ לִכְרֵסֵיהּ.
deceptively, i.e., he only pretended to kill the son. The father fainted and went limp. By this movement, his intestines entered his stomach, and the Roman sewed up his stomach, and he recovered.
נִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ רַגְלֶיהָ. הַהוּא צַנָּא דְּאִינְקוֹרֵי דַּאֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא, בַּדְקֵיהּ רָבָא בְּצוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאַכְשְׁרֵיהּ.
§ The mishna states: If its legs were broken, the bird remains kosher. The Gemara relates that there was a certain basket of birds with broken legs that came before Rava. Rava inspected each bird at the convergence of sinews in the thigh, and when he found that all its sinews were intact, he deemed it kosher.
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָד בַּבְּהֵמָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בַּבְּהֵמָה – טְרֵפָה, שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף – טְרֵפָה, שְׁמוּטַת גַּף בָּעוֹף – טְרֵפָה, חָיְישִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא נִיקְּבָה הָרֵיאָה. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: תִּיבָּדֵק, וְכֵן אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: תִּיבָּדֵק.
Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: A dislocated foreleg in an animal is kosher. A dislocated femur in an animal renders it a tereifa. A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. A dislocated wing in a bird renders it a tereifa, because we must be concerned that perhaps the lung was perforated. The lung is located near the wing’s attachment to the body, and part of the lung may have been torn out with the wing. And Shmuel says: The lung should be inspected, and if no damage is found, the bird is kosher. And so says Rabbi Yoḥanan: It should be inspected.
חִזְקִיָּה אָמַר: אֵין רֵיאָה לָעוֹף, וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: יֵשׁ לוֹ וְיֶשְׁנָהּ כְּעָלֶה שֶׁל וֶורֶד בֵּין אֲגַפַּיִם. מַאי ״אֵין רֵיאָה לָעוֹף״? אִילֵּימָא דְּלֵית לֵיהּ כְּלָל – וְהָא קָא חָזֵינַן דְּאִית לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא דְּלָא מִיטְּרִיף בֵּיהּ, וְהָתָנֵי לֵוִי: טְרֵפוֹת שֶׁמָּנוּ חֲכָמִים בַּבְּהֵמָה – כְּנֶגְדָּן בָּעוֹף, יָתֵר עֲלֵיהֶן עוֹף נִשְׁבַּר הָעֶצֶם אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִיקַּב קְרוּם שֶׁל מוֹחַ!
Ḥizkiyya, son of Rabbi Ḥiyya, says: A bird has no lungs. And Rabbi Yoḥanan says: A bird does have lungs, and they are like a rose petal in appearance, thin and red, between the wings. The Gemara asks: What does Ḥizkiyya mean when he says that a bird has no lungs? If we say that it has no lungs at all, that is problematic, as don’t we see that it does have lungs? Rather, say that he means that the bird is not rendered a tereifa by them if they are perforated. But this, too, is problematic, as doesn’t Levi teach: Those tereifot that the Sages enumerated in an animal hold likewise in a bird, and in addition to those, a bird is a tereifa if the bone of the skull was broken, even if the membrane of the brain was not perforated? If so, a perforated lung in a bird, as in an animal, renders it a tereifa.
אֶלָּא, אֵין לוֹ לֹא לִינָּפֵל וְלֹא לֵיחָמֵר. מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר רַב חָנָה: הוֹאִיל וְרוֹב צַלְעוֹתֶיהָ מְגִינּוֹת עָלֶיהָ.
Rather, say that Ḥizkiyya means that a bird’s lung has no halakha of falling and no halakha of singeing. If a bird falls, one need not inspect the lungs for damage as he must other organs (see 51b), and if it falls in a fire, one need not inspect the lungs for a change in color as he must other organs (see 56b). What is the reason for this? Rav Ḥana said: Since a majority of the bird’s ribs protect the lungs, one need not be concerned that the lung was damaged.
וְהָא מִדְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יֵשׁ לוֹ, וְיֶשְׁנָהּ כְּעָלֶה שֶׁל וֶורֶד בֵּין אֲגַפַּיִים – מִכְּלָל דְּחִזְקִיָּה סָבַר דְּלֵית לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא אָמְרִי בְּמַעְרְבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: מִדְּבָרָיו שֶׁל בְּרִיבִּי נִיכָּר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בָּקִי בְּתַרְנְגוֹלִין.
The Gemara asks: But from the fact that Rabbi Yoḥanan says in response: A bird does have lungs, and they are like a rose petal between the wings, by inference one must conclude that Ḥizkiyya maintains that it has no lungs at all. Rather, one must say as they say in the West, Eretz Yisrael, in the name of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina: From the statement of the Distinguished, i.e., Ḥizkiyya, it is apparent that he is unfamiliar with chickens.
אָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא לְרַב הוּנָא: וְהָא רַבָּנַן דַּאֲתוֹ מִפּוּמְבְּדִיתָא אֲמַרוּ רַב יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב אָמַר: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּרִי, נַהֲרָא נַהֲרָא וּפְשָׁטֵיהּ.
§ Rav Huna said that Rav said: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher. Rabba bar Rav Huna said to Rav Huna: But the Rabbis that came from Pumbedita said that Rav Yehuda says in the name of Rav: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. Rav Huna said to him: My son, each river and its course, i.e., different communities observe different customs. Although Rav himself held that such a bird is kosher, he ruled for those living in Pumbedita that such a bird is a tereifa, in accordance with their own custom.
אֲזַל רַבִּי אַבָּא, אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ לְרַב יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא דְּקָא בָּדֵיק בְּצוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לְמָה לֵיהּ לְמָר כּוּלֵּי הַאי? וְהָא רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא מַתְנִיתִין יָדַעְנָא: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכוּ רַגְלֶיהָ מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַטָּה כְּשֵׁרָה, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַעְלָה פְּסוּלָה, וְכֵן שֶׁנִּיטַּל צוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאָמַר רַב עֲלַהּ: וְכֵן בָּעוֹף.
The Gemara recounts: Rabbi Abba went and found Rav Yirmeya bar Abba inspecting birds at the convergence of sinews in the thigh. Rabbi Abba said to him: Why must Master do all this? But doesn’t Rav Huna say that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher? If a bird is kosher even when the whole thigh has been removed, all the more so it should be kosher when only the convergence of sinews has been removed. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to him: I know the mishna (76a): With regard to an animal whose hind legs were severed, if they were severed from the leg joint and below, it is kosher; from the leg joint and above, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption. And likewise an animal whose convergence of sinews in the thigh was removed is a tereifa. And Rav said about this: And likewise with regard to a bird.
אִי הָכִי, קַשְׁיָא דְּרַב אַדְּרַב! אִישְׁתִּיק. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דִּלְמָא שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ בֵּין שְׁמוּטָה לַחֲתוּכָה? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְאַתְּ מְפָרְשַׁתְּ שְׁמַעְתָּתֵיהּ דְּרַב? בְּפֵירוּשׁ אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, חֲתוּכָה – פְּסוּלָה. וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי חוֹתְכָהּ מִכָּאן וָמֵתָה, חוֹתְכָהּ מִכָּאן וְחָיְתָה.
Rabbi Abba responded: If so, this statement of Rav, that a bird whose convergence of sinews was removed is a tereifa, poses a difficulty for that statement of Rav, that a bird with a dislocated femur is kosher. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba was silent and did not respond. Rabbi Abba said to him: Perhaps there is a difference for Rav between a dislocated femur and a severed femur, and while the former does not render a bird a tereifa, the latter does. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to him: And are you interpreting Rav’s halakhot based on your own reasoning? Rav said explicitly: A dislocated femur is kosher, while a severed femur renders the animal unfit for consumption. And do not be confounded by this distinction, as one cuts an animal from here, in one place, and it dies, but one cuts it from there, in another place, and it lives.
כִּי סְלֵיק רַבִּי אַבָּא, אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ לְרַבִּי זֵירָא דְּיָתֵיב וְקָאָמַר: אָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חַיֵּי דְּמָר, מִיּוֹמָא דִּסְלֵיק מָר לְהָכָא
The Gemara recounts: When Rabbi Abba went up from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael, he found Rabbi Zeira sitting and saying: Rav Huna said that Rav said that a dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. Rabbi Abba said to him: By Master’s life, since the day that Master came up to here, Eretz Yisrael,
הֲוָה לַן פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא וּשְׁאֵילְנֵיהּ, וַאֲמַר לַן: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁירָה.
we had the opportunity to speak with Rav Huna, and we asked him about this matter, and he said to us: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher.
וְאַשְׁכַּחְתֵּיהּ נָמֵי לְרַבִּי יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא דְּיָתֵיב וְקָא בָדֵיק בְּצוֹמֵת הַגִּידִין, וְאַקְשִׁי לֵיהּ: לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר הָא דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה? אָמַר לִי: אֲנָא מַתְנִיתִין יָדַעְנָא: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכוּ רַגְלֶיהָ, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמִטָּה – כְּשֵׁרָה, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַעְלָה – פְּסוּלָה, וְכֵן שֶׁנִּיטַּל צוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאָמַר רַב עֲלַהּ: וְכֵן בָּעוֹף.
And I also found Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba sitting and inspecting birds at the convergence of sinews in the thigh. And I posed a difficulty to him: Doesn’t Master maintain in accordance with this statement that Rav Huna says that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher? Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba said to me: I know the mishna (76a): With regard to an animal whose hind legs were severed, if they were severed from the leg joint and below, it is kosher; from the leg joint and above, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption. And likewise an animal whose convergence of sinews in the thigh was removed is a tereifa. And Rav said about this: And likewise with regard to a bird.
וַאֲמַרִי לֵיהּ: אִי הָכִי, קַשְׁיָא דְּרַב אַדְּרַב! אִישְׁתִּיק, וְאַקְשַׁי לֵיהּ: וְדִלְמָא שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ לְרַב בֵּין שְׁמוּטָה לַחֲתוּכָה? וְאָמַר לִי: וְאַתְּ מְפָרְשַׁתְּ שְׁמַעְתֵּיהּ דְּרַב? בְּפֵירוּשׁ אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, חֲתוּכָה – פְּסוּלָה.
And I said to him: If so, this statement of Rav poses a difficulty for that statement of Rav. Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba was silent. And I challenged him: But perhaps there is a difference for Rav between a dislocated femur and a severed one. And he said to me: And are you interpreting Rav’s halakha based on your own reasoning? Rav said explicitly: A dislocated femur is kosher, while a severed femur renders the animal unfit for consumption.
וְאַתְּ, מָה בִּידָךְ? הָכִי אָמַר רַב חִיָּיא בַּר אָשֵׁי אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה, וְכֵן אָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה.
Rabbi Abba then asked Rabbi Zeira: And as for you, what is in your hand? What have you heard with regard to this halakha? Rabbi Zeira said to him: This is what Rav Ḥiyya bar Ashi says that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. And so said Rabbi Ya’akov bar Idi that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa.
וְאָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי: אִילְמָלֵי הֲוָה רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בְּאַתְרָא דְּאוֹרוֹ בַּהּ חַבְרָוָותָא לְהֶתֵּירָא, לָא פַּרְכֵּיס. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא אָמַר רַבִּי: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה. וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא שֶׁנִּשְׁמְטָה יָרֵךְ שֶׁלָּהּ, וֶהֱבִיאָהּ לִפְנֵי רַבִּי וְהִתִּירָהּ לוֹ, וּמְלָחָהּ רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, וַהֲוָה מוֹרֵי בַּהּ הֲלָכָה לַתַּלְמִידִים: זֶה הִתִּיר לִי רַבִּי, זֶה הִתִּיר לִי רַבִּי.
And with regard to this, Rabbi Ya’akov bar Idi said: If Rabbi Yoḥanan had been in the place where the assembly ruled to permit such a bird, he would not have stirred. In other words, he would not have contested their ruling, because they were the greatest Sages of the previous generation. As Rabbi Ḥanina says that Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher. And Rabbi Ḥanina had a hen whose femur was dislocated, and he brought it before Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, and Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted it to him, and Rabbi Ḥanina salted the hen to preserve it. And he would teach the students the halakha with it, as he would show them the preserved body of the hen and say: Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted this to me, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted this to me.
וְלֵית הִלְכְתָא כְּכׇל הָנֵי שְׁמַעְתָּתָא, אֶלָּא כִּי הָא דִּשְׁאֵל רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן נְהוֹרַאי אֶת רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: קְדִירַת קָנֶה בְּכַמָּה? אָמַר לוֹ: מִשְׁנָה שְׁלֵמָה שָׁנִינוּ, עַד כְּאִיסָּר הָאִיטַלְקִי. אָמַר לוֹ: וַהֲלֹא רָחֵל אַחַת הָיְתָה בִּשְׁכוּנָתֵנוּ שֶׁנִּקְדַּר קָנֶה שֶׁלָּהּ, וְעָשׂוּ לָהּ קְרוּמִין שֶׁל קָנֶה וְחָיְתָה!
The Gemara concludes: But the halakha is not in accordance with any of these statements. Rather, it is in accordance with that which Rabbi Yosei ben Nehorai asked Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: In what amount must a windpipe be punctured to render the animal a tereifa? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said to him: We learned a full mishna (54a): Until the perforation is the same size as the Italian issar. Rabbi Yosei ben Nehorai said to him: But wasn’t there a certain ewe in our neighborhood whose windpipe was punctured in a greater amount, and they made a seal for the windpipe out of the shell of a reed and it lived?
אָמַר לוֹ: וְעַל דָּא אַתְּ סָמֵיךְ? וַהֲלֹא הֲלָכָה רוֹוַחַת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה, וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁנִּשְׁמְטָה יָרֵךְ שֶׁלָּהּ, וְעָשׂוּ לָהּ שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת שֶׁל קָנֶה וְחָיְתָה! אֶלָּא מַאי אִית לָךְ לְמֵימַר: תּוֹךְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הֲוָה, הָכָא נָמֵי תּוֹךְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הֲוָה.
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said to him: And do you rely on this incident as evidence? But isn’t it a widespread halakha among the Jewish people that a dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa? And still, Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta had a hen whose femur was dislocated, and they made it a support out of the tube of a reed and it lived. Rather, what have you to say about this case? It must have occurred within twelve months of the dislocation, and afterward the hen died, since no tereifa can live more than twelve months. Here, too, in the case of the punctured windpipe, the episode occurred within twelve months of the injury and the ewe later died.
אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁעַסְקָן בִּדְבָרִים הָיָה, וְהָיָה עוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר לְהוֹצִיא מִלִּבּוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אִם נִיטְּלָה הַנּוֹצָה פְּסוּלָה. וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁנִּיטְּלָה נוֹצָה שֶׁלָּהּ, וְהִנִּיחָה בַּתַּנּוּר, וְטָלָה עָלֶיהָ בְּמַטְלִית שֶׁל טַרְסִיִּים, וְגִידְּלָה כְּנָפַיִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים יוֹתֵר מִן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים.
§ They said about Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta that he was a researcher of various matters, and he would act to counter the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, as Rabbi Yehuda would say: If the down covering a bird’s body was removed, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption, as stated in the mishna. And Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta had a hen whose down was removed, and he placed it in an oven, a warm place, and he covered it with a Coppersmiths’ [tarsiyyim] apron, and its new, i.e., rehabilitated, wings grew even more feathers than the original wings.
וְדִלְמָא קָסָבַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה טְרֵפָה מַשְׁבַּחַת? אִם כֵּן, בְּמִידֵּי דְּמִיטַּרְפָא בַּהּ – הִגְדִּילָה כְּנָפַיִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים יוֹתֵר מִן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים?!
The Gemara asks: But how does this counter Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion? Perhaps Rabbi Yehuda holds that a tereifa can live and that its health can even improve beyond its previous state. The Gemara responds: Even if this is so, would Rabbi Yehuda say so with regard to the very thing with which it was rendered a tereifa, as is the case here, where it grew new wings with more feathers than the original wings?
מַאי עַסְקָן בִּדְבָרִים? אָמַר רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם, אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל, תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ״. אָמַר: אֵיזִיל אִיחְזֵי אִי וַדַּאי הוּא דְּלֵית לְהוּ מַלְכָּא!
The Gemara asks: From what episode did Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta earn the title: Researcher of matters? Rav Mesharshiyya said: He saw that it is written: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer” (Proverbs 6:6–8). Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta said: I will go and see if it is correct that they have no king.
אֲזַל בִּתְקוּפַת תַּמּוּז, פַּרְסֵיהּ לִגְלִימֵיהּ אַקִּינָּא דְּשׁוּמְשְׁמָנֵי. נְפַק אֲתָא חַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, אַתְנַח בֵּיהּ סִימָנָא. עָל, אֲמַר לְהוּ: ״נְפַל טוּלָּא״. נְפַקוּ וַאֲתוֹ, דַּלְיֵיהּ לִגְלִימֵיהּ, נְפַל שִׁמְשָׁא. נְפַלוּ עֲלֵיהּ וְקַטְלֵיהּ. אֲמַר: שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ לֵית לְהוּ מַלְכָּא, דְּאִי אִית לְהוּ הַרְמָנָא דְּמַלְכָּא לָא לִיבְעוֹ.
He went in the season of Tammuz, i.e., summer. Knowing that ants avoid intense heat, he spread his cloak over an ant hole to provide shade. One of the ants came out and saw the shade. Rabbi Shimon placed a distinguishing mark on the ant. It went into the hole and said to the other ants: Shade has fallen. They all came out to work. Rabbi Shimon lifted up his cloak, and the sun fell on them. They all fell upon the first ant and killed it. He said: One may learn from their actions that they have no king; as, if they had a king, would they not need the king’s edict [harmana] to execute their fellow ant?
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: וְדִלְמָא מַלְכָּא הֲוָה בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ? אִי נָמֵי, הַרְמָנָא דְּמַלְכָּא הֲווֹ נְקִיטִי? אִי נָמֵי בֵּין מַלְכָּא לְמַלְכָּא הֲוָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶׂה״? אֶלָּא, סְמוֹךְ אַהֵימָנוּתָא דִּשְׁלֹמֹה.
Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: But perhaps the king was with them at the time and gave them permission. Or perhaps they already possessed the king’s edict giving them license to kill the ant. Or perhaps it was an interregnum between kings, as it is written: “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). Rather, rely on the credibility of Solomon, the author of Proverbs, that ants have no king.
אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מֵיתִיבִי: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – כֹּל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: מַשְׁבַּחַת וְהוֹלֶכֶת – בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהִיא כְּשֵׁרָה, מִתְנַוְּונָה וְהוֹלֶכֶת – בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהִיא טְרֵפָה. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: וַהֲלֹא הַרְבֵּה מִתְקַיְּימוֹת שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים!
§ Rav Huna says: The sign of a tereifa is twelve months. If it is uncertain whether an animal is a tereifa, one may wait twelve months; if the animal survives, it is kosher. The Gemara raises an objection from a baraita: The sign of a tereifa is any animal that cannot give birth. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: If its health improves continuously, it is certainly kosher; if its health deteriorates continuously, it is certainly a tereifa. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: The sign of a tereifa is any animal that does not survive thirty days. The Sages said to him: But don’t many animals that are certainly tereifot survive two or three years? None of the opinions cited in the baraita accord with Rav Huna’s statement.
תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: וּבַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת, עַד שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ נֶקֶב אֶחָד אָרוֹךְ, אֲפִילּוּ נְקָבִים הַרְבֵּה מִצְטָרְפִים לִמְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן הַמְשׁוּלָּם: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּעִנְבּוּל, בְּאֶחָד שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה גֻּלְגׇּלְתּוֹ, וְעָשׂוּ לוֹ חִידּוּק שֶׁל קֵרוּיָה וְחָיָה. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר: מִשָּׁם רְאָיָה? יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה הָיָה, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלָיו יְמוֹת הַצִּנָּה מִיָּד מֵת.
The Gemara responds: The matter is a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita: And in a skull that contains one long hole, or even if it has many holes, the areas of the holes join together to constitute the size of a drill hole, and they render the animal a tereifa. Rabbi Yosei ben HaMeshullam said: There was an incident in a place called Inbul involving one whose skull was missing a piece, and they made for him a patch out of the shell of a gourd, and he survived. Therefore, an animal with a missing piece of skull cannot be a tereifa. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar said to him: Can you bring proof from there? It was summer then, and once winter came upon him he died immediately. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar holds that an animal is a tereifa if it does not survive through summer and winter, i.e., one year. Rav Huna’s statement accords with this opinion.
אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב, הֲלָכָה: טְרֵפָה יוֹלֶדֶת וּמַשְׁבַּחַת. אָמַר אַמֵּימָר: הָנֵי בֵּיעֵי דִּטְרֵפָה
Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov says: The halakha is that a tereifa can give birth and its health can even improve. If the animal appears to recover or gives birth, this does not prove it is not a tereifa. Ameimar says: With regard to these eggs of a tereifa bird,
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I am a Reform rabbi and took Talmud courses in rabbinical school, but I knew there was so much more to learn. It felt inauthentic to serve as a rabbi without having read the entire Talmud, so when the opportunity arose to start Daf Yomi in 2020, I dove in! Thanks to Hadran, Daf Yomi has enriched my understanding of rabbinic Judaism and deepened my love of Jewish text & tradition. Todah rabbah!
California, United States
Chullin 57
בַּאֲחוּזַּת עֵינַיִם, אִינְּגִיד וְאִיתְּנַח, עוּל (למעייניה) [מַעְיָינֵיהּ] וְחַיְּיטֵיהּ לִכְרֵסֵיהּ.
deceptively, i.e., he only pretended to kill the son. The father fainted and went limp. By this movement, his intestines entered his stomach, and the Roman sewed up his stomach, and he recovered.
נִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ רַגְלֶיהָ. הַהוּא צַנָּא דְּאִינְקוֹרֵי דַּאֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא, בַּדְקֵיהּ רָבָא בְּצוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאַכְשְׁרֵיהּ.
§ The mishna states: If its legs were broken, the bird remains kosher. The Gemara relates that there was a certain basket of birds with broken legs that came before Rava. Rava inspected each bird at the convergence of sinews in the thigh, and when he found that all its sinews were intact, he deemed it kosher.
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָד בַּבְּהֵמָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בַּבְּהֵמָה – טְרֵפָה, שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף – טְרֵפָה, שְׁמוּטַת גַּף בָּעוֹף – טְרֵפָה, חָיְישִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא נִיקְּבָה הָרֵיאָה. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: תִּיבָּדֵק, וְכֵן אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: תִּיבָּדֵק.
Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: A dislocated foreleg in an animal is kosher. A dislocated femur in an animal renders it a tereifa. A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. A dislocated wing in a bird renders it a tereifa, because we must be concerned that perhaps the lung was perforated. The lung is located near the wing’s attachment to the body, and part of the lung may have been torn out with the wing. And Shmuel says: The lung should be inspected, and if no damage is found, the bird is kosher. And so says Rabbi Yoḥanan: It should be inspected.
חִזְקִיָּה אָמַר: אֵין רֵיאָה לָעוֹף, וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: יֵשׁ לוֹ וְיֶשְׁנָהּ כְּעָלֶה שֶׁל וֶורֶד בֵּין אֲגַפַּיִם. מַאי ״אֵין רֵיאָה לָעוֹף״? אִילֵּימָא דְּלֵית לֵיהּ כְּלָל – וְהָא קָא חָזֵינַן דְּאִית לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא דְּלָא מִיטְּרִיף בֵּיהּ, וְהָתָנֵי לֵוִי: טְרֵפוֹת שֶׁמָּנוּ חֲכָמִים בַּבְּהֵמָה – כְּנֶגְדָּן בָּעוֹף, יָתֵר עֲלֵיהֶן עוֹף נִשְׁבַּר הָעֶצֶם אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִיקַּב קְרוּם שֶׁל מוֹחַ!
Ḥizkiyya, son of Rabbi Ḥiyya, says: A bird has no lungs. And Rabbi Yoḥanan says: A bird does have lungs, and they are like a rose petal in appearance, thin and red, between the wings. The Gemara asks: What does Ḥizkiyya mean when he says that a bird has no lungs? If we say that it has no lungs at all, that is problematic, as don’t we see that it does have lungs? Rather, say that he means that the bird is not rendered a tereifa by them if they are perforated. But this, too, is problematic, as doesn’t Levi teach: Those tereifot that the Sages enumerated in an animal hold likewise in a bird, and in addition to those, a bird is a tereifa if the bone of the skull was broken, even if the membrane of the brain was not perforated? If so, a perforated lung in a bird, as in an animal, renders it a tereifa.
אֶלָּא, אֵין לוֹ לֹא לִינָּפֵל וְלֹא לֵיחָמֵר. מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר רַב חָנָה: הוֹאִיל וְרוֹב צַלְעוֹתֶיהָ מְגִינּוֹת עָלֶיהָ.
Rather, say that Ḥizkiyya means that a bird’s lung has no halakha of falling and no halakha of singeing. If a bird falls, one need not inspect the lungs for damage as he must other organs (see 51b), and if it falls in a fire, one need not inspect the lungs for a change in color as he must other organs (see 56b). What is the reason for this? Rav Ḥana said: Since a majority of the bird’s ribs protect the lungs, one need not be concerned that the lung was damaged.
וְהָא מִדְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יֵשׁ לוֹ, וְיֶשְׁנָהּ כְּעָלֶה שֶׁל וֶורֶד בֵּין אֲגַפַּיִים – מִכְּלָל דְּחִזְקִיָּה סָבַר דְּלֵית לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא אָמְרִי בְּמַעְרְבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: מִדְּבָרָיו שֶׁל בְּרִיבִּי נִיכָּר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בָּקִי בְּתַרְנְגוֹלִין.
The Gemara asks: But from the fact that Rabbi Yoḥanan says in response: A bird does have lungs, and they are like a rose petal between the wings, by inference one must conclude that Ḥizkiyya maintains that it has no lungs at all. Rather, one must say as they say in the West, Eretz Yisrael, in the name of Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina: From the statement of the Distinguished, i.e., Ḥizkiyya, it is apparent that he is unfamiliar with chickens.
אָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא לְרַב הוּנָא: וְהָא רַבָּנַן דַּאֲתוֹ מִפּוּמְבְּדִיתָא אֲמַרוּ רַב יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב אָמַר: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּרִי, נַהֲרָא נַהֲרָא וּפְשָׁטֵיהּ.
§ Rav Huna said that Rav said: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher. Rabba bar Rav Huna said to Rav Huna: But the Rabbis that came from Pumbedita said that Rav Yehuda says in the name of Rav: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. Rav Huna said to him: My son, each river and its course, i.e., different communities observe different customs. Although Rav himself held that such a bird is kosher, he ruled for those living in Pumbedita that such a bird is a tereifa, in accordance with their own custom.
אֲזַל רַבִּי אַבָּא, אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ לְרַב יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא דְּקָא בָּדֵיק בְּצוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לְמָה לֵיהּ לְמָר כּוּלֵּי הַאי? וְהָא רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא מַתְנִיתִין יָדַעְנָא: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכוּ רַגְלֶיהָ מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַטָּה כְּשֵׁרָה, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַעְלָה פְּסוּלָה, וְכֵן שֶׁנִּיטַּל צוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאָמַר רַב עֲלַהּ: וְכֵן בָּעוֹף.
The Gemara recounts: Rabbi Abba went and found Rav Yirmeya bar Abba inspecting birds at the convergence of sinews in the thigh. Rabbi Abba said to him: Why must Master do all this? But doesn’t Rav Huna say that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher? If a bird is kosher even when the whole thigh has been removed, all the more so it should be kosher when only the convergence of sinews has been removed. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to him: I know the mishna (76a): With regard to an animal whose hind legs were severed, if they were severed from the leg joint and below, it is kosher; from the leg joint and above, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption. And likewise an animal whose convergence of sinews in the thigh was removed is a tereifa. And Rav said about this: And likewise with regard to a bird.
אִי הָכִי, קַשְׁיָא דְּרַב אַדְּרַב! אִישְׁתִּיק. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דִּלְמָא שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ בֵּין שְׁמוּטָה לַחֲתוּכָה? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְאַתְּ מְפָרְשַׁתְּ שְׁמַעְתָּתֵיהּ דְּרַב? בְּפֵירוּשׁ אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, חֲתוּכָה – פְּסוּלָה. וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי חוֹתְכָהּ מִכָּאן וָמֵתָה, חוֹתְכָהּ מִכָּאן וְחָיְתָה.
Rabbi Abba responded: If so, this statement of Rav, that a bird whose convergence of sinews was removed is a tereifa, poses a difficulty for that statement of Rav, that a bird with a dislocated femur is kosher. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba was silent and did not respond. Rabbi Abba said to him: Perhaps there is a difference for Rav between a dislocated femur and a severed femur, and while the former does not render a bird a tereifa, the latter does. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to him: And are you interpreting Rav’s halakhot based on your own reasoning? Rav said explicitly: A dislocated femur is kosher, while a severed femur renders the animal unfit for consumption. And do not be confounded by this distinction, as one cuts an animal from here, in one place, and it dies, but one cuts it from there, in another place, and it lives.
כִּי סְלֵיק רַבִּי אַבָּא, אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ לְרַבִּי זֵירָא דְּיָתֵיב וְקָאָמַר: אָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חַיֵּי דְּמָר, מִיּוֹמָא דִּסְלֵיק מָר לְהָכָא
The Gemara recounts: When Rabbi Abba went up from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael, he found Rabbi Zeira sitting and saying: Rav Huna said that Rav said that a dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. Rabbi Abba said to him: By Master’s life, since the day that Master came up to here, Eretz Yisrael,
הֲוָה לַן פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא וּשְׁאֵילְנֵיהּ, וַאֲמַר לַן: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁירָה.
we had the opportunity to speak with Rav Huna, and we asked him about this matter, and he said to us: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher.
וְאַשְׁכַּחְתֵּיהּ נָמֵי לְרַבִּי יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא דְּיָתֵיב וְקָא בָדֵיק בְּצוֹמֵת הַגִּידִין, וְאַקְשִׁי לֵיהּ: לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר הָא דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה? אָמַר לִי: אֲנָא מַתְנִיתִין יָדַעְנָא: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכוּ רַגְלֶיהָ, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמִטָּה – כְּשֵׁרָה, מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַעְלָה – פְּסוּלָה, וְכֵן שֶׁנִּיטַּל צוֹמֶת הַגִּידִין, וְאָמַר רַב עֲלַהּ: וְכֵן בָּעוֹף.
And I also found Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba sitting and inspecting birds at the convergence of sinews in the thigh. And I posed a difficulty to him: Doesn’t Master maintain in accordance with this statement that Rav Huna says that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher? Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba said to me: I know the mishna (76a): With regard to an animal whose hind legs were severed, if they were severed from the leg joint and below, it is kosher; from the leg joint and above, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption. And likewise an animal whose convergence of sinews in the thigh was removed is a tereifa. And Rav said about this: And likewise with regard to a bird.
וַאֲמַרִי לֵיהּ: אִי הָכִי, קַשְׁיָא דְּרַב אַדְּרַב! אִישְׁתִּיק, וְאַקְשַׁי לֵיהּ: וְדִלְמָא שָׁנֵי לֵיהּ לְרַב בֵּין שְׁמוּטָה לַחֲתוּכָה? וְאָמַר לִי: וְאַתְּ מְפָרְשַׁתְּ שְׁמַעְתֵּיהּ דְּרַב? בְּפֵירוּשׁ אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטָה – כְּשֵׁרָה, חֲתוּכָה – פְּסוּלָה.
And I said to him: If so, this statement of Rav poses a difficulty for that statement of Rav. Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba was silent. And I challenged him: But perhaps there is a difference for Rav between a dislocated femur and a severed one. And he said to me: And are you interpreting Rav’s halakha based on your own reasoning? Rav said explicitly: A dislocated femur is kosher, while a severed femur renders the animal unfit for consumption.
וְאַתְּ, מָה בִּידָךְ? הָכִי אָמַר רַב חִיָּיא בַּר אָשֵׁי אָמַר רַב: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה, וְכֵן אָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה.
Rabbi Abba then asked Rabbi Zeira: And as for you, what is in your hand? What have you heard with regard to this halakha? Rabbi Zeira said to him: This is what Rav Ḥiyya bar Ashi says that Rav says: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa. And so said Rabbi Ya’akov bar Idi that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa.
וְאָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי: אִילְמָלֵי הֲוָה רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בְּאַתְרָא דְּאוֹרוֹ בַּהּ חַבְרָוָותָא לְהֶתֵּירָא, לָא פַּרְכֵּיס. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא אָמַר רַבִּי: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף כְּשֵׁרָה. וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא שֶׁנִּשְׁמְטָה יָרֵךְ שֶׁלָּהּ, וֶהֱבִיאָהּ לִפְנֵי רַבִּי וְהִתִּירָהּ לוֹ, וּמְלָחָהּ רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, וַהֲוָה מוֹרֵי בַּהּ הֲלָכָה לַתַּלְמִידִים: זֶה הִתִּיר לִי רַבִּי, זֶה הִתִּיר לִי רַבִּי.
And with regard to this, Rabbi Ya’akov bar Idi said: If Rabbi Yoḥanan had been in the place where the assembly ruled to permit such a bird, he would not have stirred. In other words, he would not have contested their ruling, because they were the greatest Sages of the previous generation. As Rabbi Ḥanina says that Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: A dislocated femur in a bird is kosher. And Rabbi Ḥanina had a hen whose femur was dislocated, and he brought it before Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, and Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted it to him, and Rabbi Ḥanina salted the hen to preserve it. And he would teach the students the halakha with it, as he would show them the preserved body of the hen and say: Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted this to me, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi permitted this to me.
וְלֵית הִלְכְתָא כְּכׇל הָנֵי שְׁמַעְתָּתָא, אֶלָּא כִּי הָא דִּשְׁאֵל רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן נְהוֹרַאי אֶת רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: קְדִירַת קָנֶה בְּכַמָּה? אָמַר לוֹ: מִשְׁנָה שְׁלֵמָה שָׁנִינוּ, עַד כְּאִיסָּר הָאִיטַלְקִי. אָמַר לוֹ: וַהֲלֹא רָחֵל אַחַת הָיְתָה בִּשְׁכוּנָתֵנוּ שֶׁנִּקְדַּר קָנֶה שֶׁלָּהּ, וְעָשׂוּ לָהּ קְרוּמִין שֶׁל קָנֶה וְחָיְתָה!
The Gemara concludes: But the halakha is not in accordance with any of these statements. Rather, it is in accordance with that which Rabbi Yosei ben Nehorai asked Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: In what amount must a windpipe be punctured to render the animal a tereifa? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said to him: We learned a full mishna (54a): Until the perforation is the same size as the Italian issar. Rabbi Yosei ben Nehorai said to him: But wasn’t there a certain ewe in our neighborhood whose windpipe was punctured in a greater amount, and they made a seal for the windpipe out of the shell of a reed and it lived?
אָמַר לוֹ: וְעַל דָּא אַתְּ סָמֵיךְ? וַהֲלֹא הֲלָכָה רוֹוַחַת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: שְׁמוּטַת יָרֵךְ בָּעוֹף טְרֵפָה, וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁנִּשְׁמְטָה יָרֵךְ שֶׁלָּהּ, וְעָשׂוּ לָהּ שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת שֶׁל קָנֶה וְחָיְתָה! אֶלָּא מַאי אִית לָךְ לְמֵימַר: תּוֹךְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הֲוָה, הָכָא נָמֵי תּוֹךְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הֲוָה.
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said to him: And do you rely on this incident as evidence? But isn’t it a widespread halakha among the Jewish people that a dislocated femur in a bird renders it a tereifa? And still, Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta had a hen whose femur was dislocated, and they made it a support out of the tube of a reed and it lived. Rather, what have you to say about this case? It must have occurred within twelve months of the dislocation, and afterward the hen died, since no tereifa can live more than twelve months. Here, too, in the case of the punctured windpipe, the episode occurred within twelve months of the injury and the ewe later died.
אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁעַסְקָן בִּדְבָרִים הָיָה, וְהָיָה עוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר לְהוֹצִיא מִלִּבּוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אִם נִיטְּלָה הַנּוֹצָה פְּסוּלָה. וְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁנִּיטְּלָה נוֹצָה שֶׁלָּהּ, וְהִנִּיחָה בַּתַּנּוּר, וְטָלָה עָלֶיהָ בְּמַטְלִית שֶׁל טַרְסִיִּים, וְגִידְּלָה כְּנָפַיִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים יוֹתֵר מִן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים.
§ They said about Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta that he was a researcher of various matters, and he would act to counter the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, as Rabbi Yehuda would say: If the down covering a bird’s body was removed, it is a tereifa and unfit for consumption, as stated in the mishna. And Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta had a hen whose down was removed, and he placed it in an oven, a warm place, and he covered it with a Coppersmiths’ [tarsiyyim] apron, and its new, i.e., rehabilitated, wings grew even more feathers than the original wings.
וְדִלְמָא קָסָבַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה טְרֵפָה מַשְׁבַּחַת? אִם כֵּן, בְּמִידֵּי דְּמִיטַּרְפָא בַּהּ – הִגְדִּילָה כְּנָפַיִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים יוֹתֵר מִן הָרִאשׁוֹנִים?!
The Gemara asks: But how does this counter Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion? Perhaps Rabbi Yehuda holds that a tereifa can live and that its health can even improve beyond its previous state. The Gemara responds: Even if this is so, would Rabbi Yehuda say so with regard to the very thing with which it was rendered a tereifa, as is the case here, where it grew new wings with more feathers than the original wings?
מַאי עַסְקָן בִּדְבָרִים? אָמַר רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם, אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל, תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ״. אָמַר: אֵיזִיל אִיחְזֵי אִי וַדַּאי הוּא דְּלֵית לְהוּ מַלְכָּא!
The Gemara asks: From what episode did Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta earn the title: Researcher of matters? Rav Mesharshiyya said: He saw that it is written: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer” (Proverbs 6:6–8). Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta said: I will go and see if it is correct that they have no king.
אֲזַל בִּתְקוּפַת תַּמּוּז, פַּרְסֵיהּ לִגְלִימֵיהּ אַקִּינָּא דְּשׁוּמְשְׁמָנֵי. נְפַק אֲתָא חַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, אַתְנַח בֵּיהּ סִימָנָא. עָל, אֲמַר לְהוּ: ״נְפַל טוּלָּא״. נְפַקוּ וַאֲתוֹ, דַּלְיֵיהּ לִגְלִימֵיהּ, נְפַל שִׁמְשָׁא. נְפַלוּ עֲלֵיהּ וְקַטְלֵיהּ. אֲמַר: שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ לֵית לְהוּ מַלְכָּא, דְּאִי אִית לְהוּ הַרְמָנָא דְּמַלְכָּא לָא לִיבְעוֹ.
He went in the season of Tammuz, i.e., summer. Knowing that ants avoid intense heat, he spread his cloak over an ant hole to provide shade. One of the ants came out and saw the shade. Rabbi Shimon placed a distinguishing mark on the ant. It went into the hole and said to the other ants: Shade has fallen. They all came out to work. Rabbi Shimon lifted up his cloak, and the sun fell on them. They all fell upon the first ant and killed it. He said: One may learn from their actions that they have no king; as, if they had a king, would they not need the king’s edict [harmana] to execute their fellow ant?
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: וְדִלְמָא מַלְכָּא הֲוָה בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ? אִי נָמֵי, הַרְמָנָא דְּמַלְכָּא הֲווֹ נְקִיטִי? אִי נָמֵי בֵּין מַלְכָּא לְמַלְכָּא הֲוָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶׂה״? אֶלָּא, סְמוֹךְ אַהֵימָנוּתָא דִּשְׁלֹמֹה.
Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: But perhaps the king was with them at the time and gave them permission. Or perhaps they already possessed the king’s edict giving them license to kill the ant. Or perhaps it was an interregnum between kings, as it is written: “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). Rather, rely on the credibility of Solomon, the author of Proverbs, that ants have no king.
אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מֵיתִיבִי: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – כֹּל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: מַשְׁבַּחַת וְהוֹלֶכֶת – בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהִיא כְּשֵׁרָה, מִתְנַוְּונָה וְהוֹלֶכֶת – בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהִיא טְרֵפָה. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: סִימָן לִטְרֵפָה – שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: וַהֲלֹא הַרְבֵּה מִתְקַיְּימוֹת שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים!
§ Rav Huna says: The sign of a tereifa is twelve months. If it is uncertain whether an animal is a tereifa, one may wait twelve months; if the animal survives, it is kosher. The Gemara raises an objection from a baraita: The sign of a tereifa is any animal that cannot give birth. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: If its health improves continuously, it is certainly kosher; if its health deteriorates continuously, it is certainly a tereifa. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: The sign of a tereifa is any animal that does not survive thirty days. The Sages said to him: But don’t many animals that are certainly tereifot survive two or three years? None of the opinions cited in the baraita accord with Rav Huna’s statement.
תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: וּבַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת, עַד שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ נֶקֶב אֶחָד אָרוֹךְ, אֲפִילּוּ נְקָבִים הַרְבֵּה מִצְטָרְפִים לִמְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן הַמְשׁוּלָּם: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּעִנְבּוּל, בְּאֶחָד שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה גֻּלְגׇּלְתּוֹ, וְעָשׂוּ לוֹ חִידּוּק שֶׁל קֵרוּיָה וְחָיָה. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר: מִשָּׁם רְאָיָה? יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה הָיָה, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלָיו יְמוֹת הַצִּנָּה מִיָּד מֵת.
The Gemara responds: The matter is a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita: And in a skull that contains one long hole, or even if it has many holes, the areas of the holes join together to constitute the size of a drill hole, and they render the animal a tereifa. Rabbi Yosei ben HaMeshullam said: There was an incident in a place called Inbul involving one whose skull was missing a piece, and they made for him a patch out of the shell of a gourd, and he survived. Therefore, an animal with a missing piece of skull cannot be a tereifa. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar said to him: Can you bring proof from there? It was summer then, and once winter came upon him he died immediately. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar holds that an animal is a tereifa if it does not survive through summer and winter, i.e., one year. Rav Huna’s statement accords with this opinion.
אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב, הֲלָכָה: טְרֵפָה יוֹלֶדֶת וּמַשְׁבַּחַת. אָמַר אַמֵּימָר: הָנֵי בֵּיעֵי דִּטְרֵפָה
Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov says: The halakha is that a tereifa can give birth and its health can even improve. If the animal appears to recover or gives birth, this does not prove it is not a tereifa. Ameimar says: With regard to these eggs of a tereifa bird,
