## Beitzah Daf 3b

###### Beitzah 3b:1
[Beitzah 3b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/3b:1)

רָבִינָא אָמַר: לְעוֹלָם לָא תֵּיפוֹךְ, וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה לְדִבְרֵיהֶם דְּרַבָּנַן קָאָמַר לְהוּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the contradiction presented by Rabbi Yoḥanan, which led him to suggest that the opinions should be reversed, **Ravina said** that this is not the only possible resolution: **Actually, do not reverse** the opinions. Rather, in the case of the two Festival days, one could claim that **Rabbi Yehuda spoke to them in accordance with the statement of the Rabbis,** rather than presenting his own opinion.


###### Beitzah 3b:2
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לְדִידִי אֲפִילּוּ בָּרִאשׁוֹן נָמֵי שַׁרְיָא, דְּאוּכְלָא דְאִפְּרַת הוּא. אֶלָּא לְדִידְכוּ — אוֹדוֹ לִי מִיהַת דְּבַשֵּׁנִי שַׁרְיָא, דִּשְׁתֵּי קְדוּשּׁוֹת הֵן. וְאָמְרִי לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן: לָא, קְדוּשָּׁה אַחַת הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If so, Rabbi Yehuda’s statement should be understood as follows: **In my** opinion, **even on the first** Festival day, the egg is **also permitted, as it is food that was separated. However, according to your** opinion, which is that you prohibit liquid that comes from food, **at least agree with me that it is permitted on the second** day, **as they are two sanctities.** The first and second days of Rosh HaShana are not one unit, but two separate entities. Therefore, it is possible that the first day is sacred, while the second is a weekday. Consequently, an item prohibited on the first day might be permitted on the second. **And the Rabbis said to him: No,** the two days **are one sanctity,** i.e., they are viewed as a single continuous unit. The uncertainty applies equally to both of them.


###### Beitzah 3b:3
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רָבִינָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב עוּלָּא אָמַר: הָכָא בְּתַרְנְגוֹלֶת הָעוֹמֶדֶת לְגַדֵּל בֵּיצִים, וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה לְטַעְמֵיהּ, דְּאִית לֵיהּ מוּקְצֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina, son of Rav Ulla, said:** There is an alternative resolution to the contradiction raised by Rabbi Yoḥanan. **Here,** in the case of the egg laid on a Festival, Rabbi Yehuda prohibited eating the egg since it is not from a chicken designated for food, whose legal status is that of food. Rather, the case refers **to a chicken designated for laying eggs, and Rabbi Yehuda** conforms **to his** standard line of **reasoning, as he holds** that there is a prohibition of ***muktze*.** Since the egg is produced by something *muktze*, it is certainly *muktze* itself, which means that the *halakha* of food that was separated is inapplicable to this case.


###### Beitzah 3b:4
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מֵיתִיבִי: אֶחָד בֵּיצָה שֶׁנּוֹלְדָה בְּשַׁבָּת וְאֶחָד בֵּיצָה שֶׁנּוֹלְדָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב — אֵין מְטַלְטְלִין אוֹתָהּ, לֹא לְכַסּוֹת בָּהּ אֶת הַכְּלִי, וְלֹא לִסְמוֹךְ בָּהּ כַּרְעֵי הַמִּטָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*, which clarifies the issue differently: **Both an egg that was laid on Shabbat and an egg that was laid on a Festival** are considered to be *muktze*, and therefore in both cases, **one may not move** the egg, neither for the sake of food nor for any other purpose: **Not to cover a vessel with it, nor to support the legs of a bed with it.**


###### Beitzah 3b:5
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אֲבָל כּוֹפֶה עָלֶיהָ אֶת הַכְּלִי בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁלֹּא תִּשָּׁבֵר. וּסְפֵיקָא אֲסוּרָה, וְאִם נִתְעָרְבָה בְּאֶלֶף — כּוּלָּן אֲסוּרוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However,** if one wishes, he may **cover** the egg **with a vessel,** without handling the egg itself, **so that it does not break** from being accidentally trodden upon. Although it is prohibited to move the egg itself, it is nevertheless permitted to move a vessel for its sake. **And** even if there is **uncertainty** with regard to whether this egg was laid on a Festival, it **is prohibited** to move it. **And,** furthermore, **if it became intermingled with a thousand** permitted eggs, they are **all prohibited.**


###### Beitzah 3b:6
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בִּשְׁלָמָא לְרַבָּה, דְּאָמַר מִשּׁוּם הֲכָנָה, הָוֵי סְפֵיקָא דְאוֹרָיְיתָא — וְכׇל סְפֵיקָא דְאוֹרָיְיתָא לְחוּמְרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **Granted, according to** the opinion of **Rabba, who said** that an egg is prohibited **due to** the lack of **preparation,** this case involves **an uncertainty** with regard to the legal status of an item prohibited **by Torah law; and** in **any** case of **an uncertainty** with regard to the legal status of an item prohibited **by Torah law,** the ruling **is stringent.** Therefore, the egg is prohibited even if there is uncertainty whether it was laid on a Festival.


###### Beitzah 3b:7
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אֶלָּא לְרַב יוֹסֵף וּלְרַבִּי יִצְחָק, דְּאָמְרִי מִשּׁוּם גְּזֵרָה, סְפֵיקָא דְרַבָּנַן הִיא — וְכׇל סְפֵיקָא דְרַבָּנַן לְקוּלָּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to** the opinions of **Rav Yosef and Rabbi Yitzḥak, who say** that an egg is prohibited **due to a decree,** this case involves **an uncertainty** with regard to the legal status of an item prohibited **by rabbinic law, and** in **any** case of **an uncertainty** with regard to the legal status of an item prohibited **by rabbinic law,** the ruling **is lenient.**


###### Beitzah 3b:8
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(אֲמַר לֵיהּ:) סֵיפָא אֲתָאן לִסְפֵק טְרֵפָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: In **the latter clause** of the *baraita*, **we have arrived at** a different case. The case does not involve the prohibition of an egg laid on a Festival; the case involves an egg laid by a chicken with regard to which there is **uncertainty** whether it is **an animal with a condition that will cause it to die within twelve months [*tereifa*],** which is prohibited by Torah law. The uncertainty with regard to the legal status of the chicken is relevant to the egg.


###### Beitzah 3b:9
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אִי הָכִי, אֵימָא סֵיפָא: נִתְעָרְבָה בְּאֶלֶף — כּוּלָּן אֲסוּרוֹת. אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא סָפֵק יוֹם טוֹב סָפֵק חוֹל, הָוֵי דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַתִּירִין, וְכׇל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַתִּירִין — אֲפִילּוּ בְּאֶלֶף לֹא בָּטֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty with this response: **If so, say the latter clause** of that same *baraita*: If it **became intermingled with a thousand** other eggs, they are **all prohibited. Granted, if you say** that there is **uncertainty** whether the egg was laid on **a Festival** and **uncertainty** whether it was laid on **a weekday,** then **it is an object whose prohibition is temporary,** as the egg will be permitted on the following day, and the principle is: **Any object whose prohibition is temporary is not nullified, even by a thousand** permitted items. Since its prohibition will lapse on its own, there is no need to make use of the option of nullification.


###### Beitzah 3b:10
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אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ סְפֵק טְרֵפָה, דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין לוֹ מַתִּירִין הִיא, וְתִבְטַל בְּרוּבָּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, if you say** that the egg referred to in the *baraita* is **an uncertain *tereifa*, it is an object whose prohibition is not temporary,** as there is no way to permit the prohibition of *tereifa*, **and it should** therefore **be nullified by** a simple **majority.**


###### Beitzah 3b:11
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וְכִי תֵּימָא בֵּיצָה חֲשׁוּבָה וְלֹא בָּטְלָה, הָנִיחָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר: כׇּל שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִימָּנוֹת שָׁנִינוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara adds: **And if you say** that **an egg is significant and is not nullified,** as nullification applies only to items that have no intrinsic significance, while a significant object cannot be nullified, **that** works out **well according to the one who said** that **we learned: Any** item **whose manner is** also **to be counted,** i.e., that is sometimes sold by unit, rather than by weight or volume, is considered significant. An egg falls into that category, as it is sometimes sold by unit.


###### Beitzah 3b:12
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אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר: אֶת שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִימָּנוֹת שָׁנִינוּ, מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to the one who said** that **we learned: That** item **whose manner is** exclusively **to be counted,** i.e., that is always sold by unit, is considered significant, **what can be said?** Although eggs are often sold by unit, they are also often sold by weight or volume.


###### Beitzah 3b:13
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דִּתְנַן: מִי שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ חֲבִילֵי תִּלְתָּן שֶׁל כִּלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם — יִדְלְקוּ. נִתְעָרְבוּ בַּאֲחֵרוֹת, וַאֲחֵרוֹת בַּאֲחֵרוֹת — כּוּלָּן יִדָּלְקוּ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: יַעֲלוּ בְּאַחַת וּמָאתַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites the mishna where the dispute cited above appears. **As we learned** (*Orla* 3:6–7): With regard to **one who had bundles of clover,** a type of legume, that were **diverse kinds** of food crops that grew **in a vineyard,** from which it is prohibited to derive benefit, those bundles **must be burned.** If the bundles **were intermingled with others, and** those **others** were intermingled **with others, they must all be burned.** This is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. And the Rabbis say: They may be nullified by one** part in **two hundred** similar parts. When the prohibited portion is less than one-half of one percent of the permitted portion, the prohibition is nullified.


###### Beitzah 3b:14
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שֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: אֶת שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִמָּנוֹת — מְקַדֵּשׁ; וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: אֵינוֹ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶלָּא שִׁשָּׁה דְּבָרִים בִּלְבַד; רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: שִׁבְעָה. וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: אֱגוֹזֵי פֶּרֶךְ, וְרִמּוֹנֵי בָּאדָן, וְחָבִיּוֹת סְתוּמוֹת, וְחִלְפֵי תְרָדִין, וְקִלְחֵי כְרוּב, וְדַלַּעַת יְוָנִית. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מוֹסִיף אַף כִּכָּרוֹת שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna continues: Rabbi Meir says that they must all be burned, **as Rabbi Meir would say: That whose manner is** exclusively **to be counted,** is considered significant and cannot be nullified. Therefore, it **renders** the entire mixture **forbidden,** and it must be burned. **And the Rabbis say: Only six items** are sufficiently significant to **render** the entire mixture **forbidden. Rabbi Akiva says:** There are **seven. And they are:** High-quality **nuts** from **Perekh, and pomegranates** from **Badan, and sealed barrels** of wine, **and branches of spinach, and cabbage stalks, and Greek pumpkin. Rabbi Akiva adds: Even loaves of a homeowner.**


###### Beitzah 3b:15
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הָרָאוּי לְעׇרְלָה — עׇרְלָה. הָרָאוּי לְכִלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם — כִּלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם. וְאִתְּמַר עֲלַהּ, רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: אֶת שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִמָּנוֹת שָׁנִינוּ. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ אָמַר: כׇּל שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִמָּנוֹת שָׁנִינוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Different prohibitions apply to these seven items. **That which is fit** to be forbidden due **to *orla*,** fruit that grows during the first three years after a tree is planted, is forbidden due to ***orla*. That which is fit** to be forbidden due **to diverse kinds** of food crops that grew **in a vineyard** is forbidden due to **diverse kinds in a vineyard** (*Avoda Zara* 74a). **And it was stated about** the wording of this mishna that there is an amoraic dispute. **Rabbi Yoḥanan said** that **we learned:** Only **that whose manner is** exclusively **to be counted** is significant and cannot be nullified, and it is therefore prohibited by Rabbi Meir. **And Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said** that **we learned: Any** item **whose manner is** also **to be counted,** is significant and cannot be nullified.


###### Beitzah 3b:16
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הָנִיחָא לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ, אֶלָּא לְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן — מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Returning to the matter of the egg, the Gemara reprises its question: This works out **well according to** the opinion of **Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish, but according to Rabbi Yoḥanan, what can be said?** Since an egg is not sold exclusively by unit, it is not significant. Therefore, the egg of a *tereifa* should be nullified by a simple majority.


###### Beitzah 3b:17
[Beitzah 3b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/3b:17)

אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: הַאי תַּנָּא — תַּנָּא דְּלִיטְרָא קְצִיעוֹת הוּא, דְּאָמַר: כׇּל דָּבָר שֶׁבְּמִנְיָן, אֲפִילּוּ בִּדְרַבָּנַן לֹא בָּטֵיל, וְכׇל שֶׁכֵּן בִּדְאוֹרָיְיתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa said:** According to Rabbi Yoḥanan, **this *tanna*,** who said that an egg cannot be nullified, **is** the ***tanna* of** the *halakha* concerning **a *litra* of dried figs, who,** based on his statement, **said: Any item that is counted, even** if it is prohibited **by rabbinic law, cannot be nullified, and all the more so** items prohibited **by Torah law,** e.g., the egg of a *tereifa*.


###### Beitzah 3b:18
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דִּתְנַן: לִיטְרָא קְצִיעוֹת שֶׁדְּרָסָהּ עַל פִּי עִגּוּל, וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ בְּאֵיזֶה עִגּוּל דְּרָסָהּ, עַל פִּי חָבִית, וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ בְּאֵיזוֹ חָבִית דְּרָסָהּ, עַל פִּי כַּוֶּרֶת, וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ בְּאֵיזוֹ כַּוֶּרֶת דְּרָסָהּ. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As we learned** in a mishna: With regard to **a *litra*** of **dried figs,** whose stems were removed, and were dried and pressed in different vessels and shaped into circles, the obligation to tithe fruits is by rabbinic law. If one forgot to tithe the figs, and later remembered that he placed the figs into a barrel, and during the process of producing a circle **he pressed** the figs **onto the mouth** of one of the **circular** vessels in which the circles are formed, **and does not know into which circular** vessel **he pressed it;** or, if he recalls that he pressed it **on the mouth of a barrel, but does not know in which barrel he pressed it,** or if he recalls that he pressed it **on the mouth of a** straw **receptacle, but does not know in which receptacle he pressed it, Rabbi Meir says** that in all these cases there is a dispute between the *tanna’im* of the previous generation: **Rabbi Eliezer**