Chullin 98
וגו' להביא חלב שעל גבי הדקין דברי רבי ישמעאל ר' עקיבא אומר
etc. , includes the fat upon the intestines;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the fat that is upon the duodenum (v. infra 93a) is included within the prohibition. But the fat upon the abomasum is permitted according to R. Ishmael. Thus R. Ishmael favours the priests.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
ר"ע אומר
this, says R'Ishmael, teaches: as the fat upon the inwards [is characteristic in that it] is covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off, so all fat [which is to be forbidden] must be covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to this definition the prohibition includes the fat that is upon the abomasum and also the fat upon the duodenum, thus contradicting the preceding statement of R. Ishmael that the fat upon the abomasum is permitted.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
מה חלב המכסה את הקרב תותב קרום ונקלף אף כל תותב קרום ונקלף
R'Akiba says: It teaches: as the fat upon the inwards [is characteristic in that it] an even layer, and is covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off, so all fat [which is to be forbidden] must be an even layer, and covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fat which is upon the abomasum is not spread evenly over it but is attached to it in lumps; so, too, the fat upon the intestines. The prohibition therefore does not include these.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
מאי חזית דאפכת קמייתא
so', it is clear, precision was intended.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since in this Baraitha the argument is based upon the respective definitions which these Rabbis suggest of the fat that is upon the in wards, it is obvious that the Rabbis were exact and precise in their language, and it is out of the question to say that the authorities here are to be reversed.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
שאני הכא כיון דקתני מה דווקא
It ought to be 'thus agreeing with the view of R'Akiba'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The authorities in the former passage having been reversed, it is R. Akiba who permits the fat upon the abomasum and not R. Ishmael.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק
fat can stop up<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., can effectively stop up a perforation in the organ to which this fat is naturally so attached. E.g., the fat upon the intestines, being permitted, would effectively stop up a perforation of the intestine beneath it.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
שאמר משום אבותיו וליה לא ס"ל
[a perforation], unclean fat cannot.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., the fat which covers the inwards, being forbidden, would not effectively stop up a perforation of an internal organ.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
חלב טהור סותם טמא אינו סותם
R'Zera asked: What of the fat of a wild beast?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the wild beast all fat is permitted, even the fat which covers the inwards. The question therefore is, according to Rab, would the fat which covers the inwards stop up a perforation.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
חלב טהור סותם והאי נמי טהור הוא
After all R'Shesheth has ruled that even unclean fat can also stop up; and moreover, 'The Torah doth spare the money of an Israelite'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf., Lev. XIV, 36 and the Sifra thereon. V. Rashi.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
או דלמא משום דמהדק והאי לא מהדק
Whereupon R'Papa said to Raba, But on the other hand, there is Rab's view [to the contrary]; and moreover, it is a question involving a prohibition of the Torah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We should therefore adopt the stricter view.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
ההוא נקב דסתמה חלב טמא דאתא לקמיה דרבא
In the first place, we have learnt: Three liquids are prohibited if left uncovered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is feared that a snake may have drunk from these liquids and deposited its poison therein. V. supra 10a.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
חדא דהא אמר רב ששת
Whereupon R'Nahman B'Isaac said to Raba, But on the other hand, there is the view of R'Simeon [to the contrary]; and moreover, it is a question of possible danger to life,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We should therefore adopt the stricter view.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
חלב טמא נמי סותם
and yet you say: 'The Torah doth spare the money of an Israelite'! (Where have we learnt the view of R'Simeon? - In the following Baraitha: These five liquids are not prohibited if left uncovered: brine, vinegar, oil, honey and muries.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , a kind of pickle containing fish-hash and wine.');"><sup>16</sup></span>
רב ואיסורא דאורייתא ואת אמרת
a snake drinking brine! To which the Rabbis retorted: That was a foolish snake, and one cannot adduce a proof from fools!) He then said to him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba to R. Nahman b. Isaac.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
התורה חסה על ממונן של ישראל
You must at least admit that I am right with regard to brine,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That there is no fear with regard to it even though it was left uncovered, contra R. Simeon.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
מניומין כנדוקא איגלי ליה בסתקא דדובשא אתא לקמיה דרבא אמר רבא
for whenever R'Papa, or R'Huna the son of R'Joshua, or any of the other Rabbis had some liquid that had been left uncovered they would pour it into brine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And they would use the brine because the pungency of the brine would overcome and render harmless any poison that might have been in the liquid.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
למאי ניחוש לה
But, replied the other, you must at least admit that I am right with regard to honey [that it is forbidden], for R'Simeon B'Eleazar is in agreement with him [R'Simeon]; as it has been taught: Similarly, R'Simeon B'Eleazar would prohibit honey [that had been left uncovered].
ועוד התורה חסה על ממונם של ישראל
Raba said: I heard two decisions of R'Nahman, one about the fat [upon the abomasum] called Himza and the other about the fat [upon the abomasum] called Bar Himza; one stops up a perforation and the other does not, but I do not know which does and which does not.
ר' שמעון וסכנת נפשות ואת אמרת
R'Tabuth said: In order to remember this, think of the saying: 'the position of the son is better than that of the father'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Shebu. 48a. Bar means 'the son of'. Here the Bar Himza is more effective in stopping up a perforation than the actual Himza itself.');"><sup>21</sup></span>