Commentary for Pesachim 178:2

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> איבעיא להו בני חבורה שהיו ידיו של אחד מהן יפות מהו שיאמרו לו טול חלקך וצא מי אמרינן מצי אמר להו הא קבילתון או דילמא מצו למימר ליה כי קבלינן לתיקוני זביחה אדעתא דאכלת טפי מינן לא קבלינך

AND HE EATS HIS AND THEY EAT THEIRS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This Tanna holds that one Paschal lamb may be eaten by two separate companies.');">⁴</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>The scholars asked: Can the members of a company, one of whom is quickhanded,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To seize food - i.e., he is a glutton and eats more than his due share. Lit., 'who has fine hands' - a euphemism.');">⁵</span> say to him, 'Take your portion and go!' Do we rule that he can say to them, 'Surely you have accepted [me]'; or perhaps they can answer him, 'We accepted you for the purpose of the sacrifice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We calculated that so many are required for this lamb.');">⁶</span>

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