## Beitzah Daf 21b

###### Beitzah 21b:1
[Beitzah 21b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:1)

״לָכֶם״ — וְלֹא לִכְלָבִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: אֲפִילּוּ נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֵמָה בַּמַּשְׁמָע. אִם כֵּן, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לָכֶם״ — לָכֶם וְלֹא לְגוֹיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
indicating **for you, but not for dogs;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Yosei HaGelili. Rabbi Akiva says:** When the verse states “every soul,” it comes to teach that **even the soul of an animal is included. If so, what** is the meaning when **the verse states “for you”?** It means **for you, but not for gentiles.**


###### Beitzah 21b:2
[Beitzah 21b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:2)

וּמָה רָאִיתָ לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַכְּלָבִים וּלְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַגּוֹיִם? מְרַבֶּה אֲנִי אֶת הַכְּלָבִים — שֶׁמְּזוֹנוֹתָן עָלֶיךָ, וּמוֹצִיא אֲנִי אֶת הַגּוֹיִם — שֶׁאֵין מְזוֹנוֹתָן עָלֶיךָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And what did you see** that led you **to include dogs** among those on whose behalf one is permitted to perform a labor on a Festival, **and to exclude gentiles?** The Gemara explains: **I include dogs because** the responsibility for **their sustenance is** incumbent **upon you,** as one is obligated to feed the animals in his possession; **and I exclude gentiles because** the responsibility for **their sustenance is not** incumbent **upon you.**


###### Beitzah 21b:3
[Beitzah 21b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:3)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי לְרַב יוֹסֵף: וּלְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי, דְּאָמַר ״לָכֶם״ וְלֹא לִכְלָבִים, הָנֵי סוּפְלֵי לְחֵיוָתָא הֵיכִי שָׁדֵינַן לְהוּ בְּיוֹם טוֹב?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to this *baraita*, **Abaye said to Rav Yosef: And according to Rabbi Yosei HaGelili, who said** that the verse indicates: **“For you,” but not for dogs, how** are **we** permitted to **cast date stones to animals on a Festival?** Since date stones are not fit for human consumption, they should be considered *muktze*, and therefore it should be prohibited to handle them.


###### Beitzah 21b:4
[Beitzah 21b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:4)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הוֹאִיל וַחֲזוּ לְהַסָּקָה. תִּינַח בְּיַבִּישְׁתָּא, בְּרַטִּיבְתָּא מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזוּ לְהֶיסֵּק גָּדוֹל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Yosef **said to him: Since they are fit for fuel,** they may be handled, and therefore they may also be given to animals. Abaye objected: This works out **well in** the case of **dry** date stones; but **in** the case of **moist ones,** which are not suited for fuel, **what is there to say? He said to him: They are fit for a large fire,** which dries them out, after which they burn well.


###### Beitzah 21b:5
[Beitzah 21b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:5)

תִּינַח בְּיוֹם טוֹב, בְּשַׁבָּת מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר? מְטַלְטְלִינַן לְהוּ אַגַּב רִיפְתָּא. כְּדִשְׁמוּאֵל, דְּאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: עוֹשֶׂה אָדָם כׇּל צָרְכּוֹ בְּפַת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye raised another objection: This works out **well in** the case of **a Festival,** when it is permitted to fuel a fire, but **in** the case of **Shabbat, what is there to say?** Why should one be permitted to handle date stones on Shabbat? Rav Yosef answered: **We carry them along with bread.** We place the date stones upon a loaf of bread and move them together with it. This is in accordance with the opinion of **Shmuel, as Shmuel said: A person may perform all his needs with bread;** as long as the bread remains edible, he need not be concerned that he is treating the bread contemptuously.


###### Beitzah 21b:6
[Beitzah 21b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:6)

וּפְלִיגָא דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: מְזַמְּנִין אֶת הַגּוֹי בְּשַׁבָּת, וְאֵין מְזַמְּנִין אֶת הַגּוֹי בְּיוֹם טוֹב, גְּזֵרָה שֶׁמָּא יַרְבֶּה בִּשְׁבִילוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And** the ruling of Rav Huna that one is permitted to bake for gentiles on a Festival if they allow a Jew to eat of the bread **differs from** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi. As Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: One may invite a gentile** for a meal **on Shabbat,** as he will certainly not cook for him on Shabbat, and it is permitted to give a gentile food that was prepared the day before. **But one may not invite a gentile** for a meal **on a Festival;** this is prohibited as **a preventive measure lest he** come to cook **more for** the gentile’s **sake.** This indicates that Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi holds that one may not prepare more for a gentile, even if the meal is primarily meant for Jews.


###### Beitzah 21b:7
[Beitzah 21b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:7)

רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ בְּשַׁבָּת נָמֵי לָא, מִשּׁוּם שִׁיּוּרֵי כוֹסוֹת. אִי הָכִי, דִּידַן נָמֵי! דִּידַן חֲזוּ לְתַרְנְגוֹלִין. דִּידְהוּ נָמֵי חֲזוּ לְתַרְנְגוֹלִין! דִּידְהוּ — אִיסּוּרֵי הֲנָאָה נִינְהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: Even on Shabbat as well,** one may **not** invite a gentile for a meal **due to the** wine **remnants in the cups.** Once a gentile has drunk wine from a cup, whatever remains in the cup may not be used and is therefore considered *muktze*. Therefore, a Jew may not host a gentile on Shabbat lest he come to handle the *muktze* wine remnants on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: **If so, our** cups **should also** be prohibited, as they too contain wine remnants that have no use whatsoever and should therefore be considered *muktze*. The Gemara answers: The remnants in **our** cups **are fit for chickens.** The Gemara objects: If so, the remnants in **their** cups **are also fit for chickens.** The Gemara rejects this argument: The remnants in **their** cups are **items** from which it is **prohibited** to derive any **benefit** whatsoever; consequently, they may not be handled at all.


###### Beitzah 21b:8
[Beitzah 21b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:8)

וּלְטַלְטְלִינְהוּ אַגַּב כָּסָא? מִי לָא אָמַר רָבָא: מְטַלְטְלִין כָּנוּנָא אַגַּב קִטְמֵיהּ, אַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיכָּא עֲלֵיהּ שִׁבְרֵי עֵצִים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let him move** what remains of the wine **on account of the cup,** which is a vessel that may be handled, as the wine remnants should be considered nullified in relation to the cup. **Didn’t Rava say: One may move a coal pan [*kannuna*] on account of the ashes** that can be used to cover filth, **even though there are broken pieces of wood on it** that have no use? This indicates that one may move something that is *muktze* along with something else that one is permitted to handle.


###### Beitzah 21b:9
[Beitzah 21b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:9)

הָתָם — לָאו אִיסּוּרֵי הֲנָאָה נִינְהוּ, הָכָא — אִיסּוּרֵי הֲנָאָה נִינְהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this argument: There is a difference between the two cases. **There,** the broken sticks **are not items from which** it is **prohibited** to derive any **benefit** but are merely *muktze*, whereas **here,** what remains of the wine in the gentile’s cup **is an item from which** it is **prohibited** to derive any **benefit,** and therefore the prohibition is more stringent.


###### Beitzah 21b:10
[Beitzah 21b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:10)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא מִדִּפְתִּי לְרָבִינָא: וְלֶהֱוֵי כִּגְרָף שֶׁל רְעִי! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְכִי עוֹשִׂין גְּרָף שֶׁל רְעִי לְכַתְּחִלָּה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa of Difti said to Ravina: But let it be like a chamber pot for feces,** which may be removed from a room because it is repulsive. One should likewise be permitted to discard the remnants of these cups, since it is unseemly to leave them on the table. Ravina **said to him:** If the cups contain such remnants, they may be removed, but may **one make a chamber pot for feces *ab initio*?** The Sages ruled that one may not invite a gentile for a meal on Shabbat so as to avoid such complications.


###### Beitzah 21b:11
[Beitzah 21b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:11)

אַדְבְּרֵיהּ רָבָא לְמָר שְׁמוּאֵל, וּדְרַשׁ: מְזַמְּנִין אֶת הַגּוֹי בְּשַׁבָּת, וְאֵין מְזַמְּנִין אֶת הַגּוֹי בְּיוֹם טוֹב, גְּזֵרָה שֶׁמָּא יַרְבֶּה בִּשְׁבִילוֹ. מָרִימָר וּמַר זוּטְרָא, כִּי הֲוָה מִקְּלַע לְהוּ גּוֹי בְּיוֹם טוֹב, אָמְרִי לֵיהּ: אִי נִיחָא לָךְ בְּמַאי דִּטְרִיחָא לַן מוּטָב, וְאִי לָא — טִרְחָא יַתִּירָא אַדַּעְתָּא דִּידָךְ לָא טָרְחִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In summary of this *halakha*, the Gemara states that **Rava authorized** the Sage **Mar Shmuel,** from the house of the Exilarch, to deliver a public lecture, **and** the latter **taught: One may invite a gentile** for a meal **on Shabbat, but one may not invite a gentile** for a meal **on a Festival** as **a preventive measure, lest he** come to cook **more for his sake.** It is related about **Mareimar and Mar Zutra** that **when a gentile would happen** to come **to their** house **on a Festival, they would say to him: If you are satisfied with** the food **that we have prepared for ourselves, good; and if not, we will not go to** any **extra trouble on your account.**


###### Beitzah 21b:12
[Beitzah 21b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:12)

**מַתְנִי׳** בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים: לֹא יָחֵם אָדָם חַמִּין לְרַגְלָיו אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן רְאוּיִין לִשְׁתִיָּה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין. עוֹשֶׂה אָדָם מְדוּרָה וּמִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגְדָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **Beit Shammai say: A person may not heat water** on a Festival in order **to** wash **his feet unless it is** also **fit for drinking,** as they hold that kindling a fire on a Festival is permitted only for the sake of preparing food, but not for washing. **But Beit Hillel permit** one to kindle a fire on a Festival even for washing. **A person may kindle** a large **fire and warm himself at it.**


###### Beitzah 21b:13
[Beitzah 21b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:13)

**גְּמָ׳** אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: הַאי מְדוּרָה מַאן קָתָנֵי לַהּ? דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל הִיא, וְשָׁנֵי לְהוּ לְבֵית שַׁמַּאי בֵּין הֲנָאַת כׇּל גּוּפוֹ לַהֲנָאַת אֵבֶר אֶחָד, אוֹ דִלְמָא בֵּית הִלֵּל קָתָנֵי לַהּ, אֲבָל בֵּית שַׁמַּאי לָא שָׁנֵי לְהוּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: **This** *halakha* with regard to **a fire, who taught it?** Is **it a statement** accepted by **all,** including Beit Shammai, **and Beit Shammai differentiate between benefit** affecting **one’s entire body and benefit** affecting **a single limb,** so that they agree that kindling a fire to heat one’s entire body is similar to kindling a fire for food and is therefore permitted, while heating water to wash one’s feet remains prohibited? **Or perhaps Beit Hillel taught it, but Beit Shammai do not differentiate** between the two cases, and they permit kindling a fire on a Festival only for the purpose of preparing food.


###### Beitzah 21b:14
[Beitzah 21b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:14)

תָּא שְׁמַע, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים: לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם מְדוּרָה וְיִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגְדָּהּ. וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Come** and **hear** a proof from an explicit *baraita*: **Beit Shammai say: A person may not make a fire and warm himself at it, but Beit Hillel permit** it. It is clear from here that the latter clause of the mishna was taught only in accordance with the opinion of Beit Hillel.


###### Beitzah 21b:15
[Beitzah 21b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:15)

**מַתְנִי׳** שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מַחְמִיר כְּדִבְרֵי בֵּית שַׁמַּאי: אֵין טוֹמְנִין אֶת הַחַמִּין לְכַתְּחִלָּה בְּיוֹם טוֹב, וְאֵין זוֹקְפִין אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב, וְאֵין אוֹפִין פִּתִּין גְּרִיצִין אֶלָּא רְקִיקִין. אָמַר רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: מִימֵיהֶן שֶׁל בֵּית אַבָּא לֹא הָיוּ אוֹפִין פִּתִּין גְּרִיצִין אֶלָּא רְקִיקִין. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: מָה נַעֲשֶׂה לְבֵית אָבִיךְ, שֶׁהָיוּ מַחְמִירִין עַל עַצְמָן וּמְקִילִּין לְכׇל יִשְׂרָאֵל לִהְיוֹת אוֹפִין פִּתִּין גְּרִיצִין וַחֲרָרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **Rabban Gamliel was stringent** about **three things in accordance with the statement of Beit Shammai: One may not insulate hot food on a Festival** for Shabbat ***ab initio*,** but rather one ought to do so on the eve of the Festival; **and one may not set up** a metal **candelabrum** that fell **on a Festival; and one may not bake thick loaves** on a Festival **but only thin ones,** due to the great effort entailed in preparing the former. **Rabban Gamliel said: From the days of my father’s household they would never bake thick loaves** on a Festival, **but** only **thin ones.** The Sages **said to him: What shall we do for your father’s household, who were stringent with themselves** but **lenient with all of the Jewish people, to** allow them to **bake thick loaves and cakes baked on coals.**


###### Beitzah 21b:16
[Beitzah 21b:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:16)

**גְּמָ׳** הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאַנַּח עֵירוּבֵי תַבְשִׁילִין — מַאי טַעְמָא דְּבֵית שַׁמַּאי? וְאִי דְּלָא אַנַּח עֵירוּבֵי תַבְשִׁילִין — מַאי טַעְמָא דְּבֵית הִלֵּל? אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחַ עֵירוּבֵי תַבְשִׁילִין, וּכְדֵי חַיָּיו שָׁרוּ לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** With regard to the mishna’s statement that Rabban Gamliel would not permit the insulation of hot water on a Festival *ab initio*, the Gemara asks: **What are the circumstances? If** it is referring to a case **where he prepared a joining of cooked foods [*eiruv tavshilin*], what is the reason that Beit Shammai** prohibit it? **And if** it speaks of a case **where he did not set aside an *eiruv tavshilin*, what is the reason for** the lenient ruling of **Beit Hillel? Rav Huna said: Actually,** I will **say to you** that the mishna is referring to a case **where one did not prepare an *eiruv tavshilin*,** but Beit Hillel hold that **the Sages** nevertheless **permitted him** to prepare what he needs for **his** basic **sustenance.**


###### Beitzah 21b:17
[Beitzah 21b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/21b:17)

וְרַב הוּנָא לְטַעְמֵיהּ, דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא: מִי שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחַ עֵירוּבֵי תַבְשִׁילִין — אוֹפִין לוֹ פַּת אַחַת, וּמְבַשְּׁלִין לוֹ קְדֵרָה אַחַת,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And Rav Huna** conforms **to his** standard line of **reasoning, as Rav Huna said:** With regard to **one who did not prepare an *eiruv tavshilin*** on the eve of a Festival, others **may bake one loaf** of bread **for him, and cook one pot** of food **for him,**