Chullin 244
כל זמן שיונק
or Ulla meant 'Throughout its first year', whether it still was sucking or not, whereupon R'Johanan said to him, 'Throughout its first year and provided it was still sucking? ' - Come and hear: R'Johanan said: As long as it sucks' - Now if it were the case [that R'Johanan required both]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That it must be in its first year and also continue to suck.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
בן שנתו והוא שיונק
Resh Lakish enquired of R'Johanan: 'Can the skin of the head of a young calf convey uncleanness or not? ' - He replied: 'It cannot' - 'But', said the other, 'you, our teacher have taught us, "IN THE FOLLOWING CASES THE SKIN IS CONSIDERED AS FLESH:.
ר' יוחנן אמר כל זמן שיונק
- He replied: 'Do not weary me [with your arguments], for I taught that [Mishnah] as the opinion of an individual.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It accords with the individual opinion of Eleazar b. Judah infra. V. supra 55b.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
ש"מ
If a man slaughtered a burnt-offering purposing to burn an olive's bulk of its skin from under the fat tail at the improper place,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An intention, expressed during the slaughtering of a sacrifice, of performing a subsequent service improperly, can only invalidate the sacrifice if the proposed service relates to matters which are usually so served and performed. E.g., an intention, expressed during the slaughtering of the sacrifice, of eating at the improper time or place, such parts which are not usually eaten, as the hide, does not invalidate the sacrifice. It is evident, therefore, that the skin from under the fat tail is regarded as edible inasmuch as the sacrifice is rendered invalid by the wrongful intention with regard to it.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
לימדתנו רבינו אלו שעורותיהן כבשרן ועור הראש של עגל הרך
stated in the name of R'Simeon, [If a man while slaughtering a burnt-offering intended to burn] either the skin around the hoofs, or the skin of the head of a young calf, or the skin from under the fat tail, or any of the skins<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This Tanna - Eleazar b. Judah - is of the opinion that all the skins mentioned in our Mishnah are edible and therefore regarded as flesh, whereas the first Tanna (with whom R. Johanan is in agreement) considers only the skin under the fat tail as edible.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
א"ל
enumerated by the Sages in connection with the law of uncleanness VIZ. , IN THE FOLLOWING CASES THE SKIN IS ACCOUNTED AS FLESH, meaning to include the skin of the pudenda<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the skin of the womb of the female animal. This had to be specially included for the Tanna was dealing with the case of a burnt-offering which is a male and not a female animal.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
אלעזר בן יהודה איש אבלום אומר משום ר' יעקב וכן היה ר' שמעון בן יהודה איש כפר עיכום אומר משום רבי שמעון
R'Hanina said: It means the [skin upon the nethermost] limb<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the metatarsus, which is usually sold with the head as offal.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
מאי בית הפרסות
Our Rabbis taught: 'The unclean'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 31. The three verses relevant to this argument read: (v. 29) . . the weasel, and the mouse, and the toad after its kinds, (v. 30) and the hedgehog, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (v. 31) These are the unclean amongst all the creeping things.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
רבי חנינא אמר
the verse therefore states These.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 31. The three verses relevant to this argument read: (v. 29) . . the weasel, and the mouse, and the toad after its kinds, (v. 30) and the hedgehog, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (v. 31) These are the unclean amongst all the creeping things.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
והא אלה אכולהו כתיבי
But why does not our Tanna [of our present Mishnah] include the mole? - R'Shesheth the son of R'Idi said: Our Tanna agrees with R'Judah that it depends upon the feel [of the skin],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Tanna of our Mishnah and R. Judah (also mentioned in our Mishnah) do not form their views by the interpretation of the aforementioned verses but from practical observation. It depends entirely upon the feel of the skin. If the skin of the reptile feels soft and fleshy it is regarded as flesh, but if hard and scaly it is not regarded as flesh.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
וליחשוב נמי תנשמת
IF ANY OF THESE SKINS WAS TANNED etc. Only if trampled upon does it [become clean], but if not trampled upon it does not [become clean]; but R'Hiyya has taught [to the contrary], viz. , If a man patched up his basket with the ear of an ass it becomes clean!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ass's ear becomes clean as soon as it serves as skin even though it has not been treated in any way for tanning and not even trampled upon.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
אמר רב שמואל בר יצחק
- If he patched up something with it, then it becomes clean even though it had not been trampled upon; but if he had not patched up anything with it, then if trampled upon it does [become clean], but if not trampled upon it does not [become clean].
והא תנא דידן לא תני תנשמת
R'Abbahu said in the name of Resh Lakish: For kneading,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A person who undertakes, for reward, to knead the dough of an owner in conditions of levitical cleanness, and the owner's vessels are unclean, must go even a distance of four miles, if that is the nearest mikweh, in order to immerse the vessels, but no further. For other kcdk explanations v. Tosaf. s.v. .');"><sup>21</sup></span>
אמר רב ששת בריה דרב אידי
for prayer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A person who is on the way and wishes to rest for the night, and knows of a Synagogue not more than four mils away, must continue his journey till he reaches that Synagogue in order to pray there.');"><sup>22</sup></span>
תנא דידן סבר לה כר' יהודה דאזיל בתר גישתא ובגישתא דהלטאה קמיפלגי:
and for washing the hands,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before meals. If a person knows that he can obtain water a distance of four mils away, he must wait until he reaches it before making a meal.');"><sup>23</sup></span>