Commentary for Kiddushin 141:6
אדיתבי וקמעייני בה אמר להו כל ארצות עיסה לארץ ישראל וארץ ישראל עיסה לבבל נטלוהו בעריסה ורצו רצו אחריו ולא הגיעוהו ישבו ובדקו עד שהגיעו לסכנה ופירשו
so they refrained.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'separated themselves.'');"><sup>13</sup></span> R'Johanan said: By the Temple! It is in our power;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To reveal the families of impure birth in Palestine.');"><sup>14</sup></span> but what shall I do, seeing that the greatest men of our time are mixed up therein. [Thus] he holds with R'Isaac, who said: Once a family becomes mixed up, it remains so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 359, n. 10.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
In this fascinating story a rabbi realizes that his statement is not going to be popular, so he tells his slaves that as soon as he issues the statement, they should help him flee. Evidently, the slaves can run faster carrying him than he can run on his own (R. Pinchas really needs to get in shape).
To catch the students in the bet midrash off guard, he first issues a puzzling statement. The Torah does not mandate the ritual slaughtering of fowl. One who eats fowl not properly slaughtered has not transgressed a biblical commandment. Note that while there is someone who holds this in the Talmud, this is not the accepted halakhic opinion. In any case, while the other rabbis are looking into this puzzling law, R. Pinchas slips in that the lineage of Jews from Eretz Yisrael is dough in comparison to Babylonian Jews.
The students end up confirming his statement once they look into his opinion.
To catch the students in the bet midrash off guard, he first issues a puzzling statement. The Torah does not mandate the ritual slaughtering of fowl. One who eats fowl not properly slaughtered has not transgressed a biblical commandment. Note that while there is someone who holds this in the Talmud, this is not the accepted halakhic opinion. In any case, while the other rabbis are looking into this puzzling law, R. Pinchas slips in that the lineage of Jews from Eretz Yisrael is dough in comparison to Babylonian Jews.
The students end up confirming his statement once they look into his opinion.
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